Vivianna

My work began in the field, in Quillabamba, whose name comes from the Quechua words for moon and field. The place where I was born and spent my childhood, 40 km from Machu Picchu, Peru. It was there that I first encountered how people make sense of reality when systems do not hold, and how agency forms under constraint. This was later shaped when I moved to Lima, by the conflict that unfolded in the streets of the capital, and an early drive to understand what was occurring. But it was during my fieldwork, in a moment when I was lost in the Ayacuchan highlands, that I encountered in the vast field what led to an inner movement that sensed the emergence of the answers for my inquiry.


Over time, through research and sustained engagement across post-conflict and institutional contexts, I began to recognise patterns of fragmentation, disconnection, and the erosion of coherence across individuals, groups, and systems.

During a Visiting Fellowship at the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, I encountered the concept of the Vital Core, the inner space of human agency. The inner and outer dimensions of human agency were shaped through key inflection points, influencing the quality of the steps along my pathway. My work in human development deepened through contemplative practices, allowing what had been lived to be articulated and expressed with complexity.
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Vivianna brings together transdisciplinary scholarship and professional expertise. Her research in higher education, systems thinking, psychosocial approaches, and sustainability, undertaken across multiple disciplines, languages, and cultural contexts, is complemented by certifications in evidence-informed, contemplative, trauma-informed, and systems-based methodologies that support inner development and societal transformation at individual, collective, and ecological levels.
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