Selena Avendaño

Selena Avendaño is the Supervisor for the Center for Community Initiatives (CCI) of the Monteverde Institute. Born and raised in Costa Rica she has been living in the Monteverde Cloud Forest community for the past twelve years. She has a passion for participatory communication for social change and believes true resilience comes from cultural shift and understanding. With this understanding the work of the CCI has a focus on supporting and empowering bottom up solutions. Some of the projects she has been collaborating with are: Sustainable Economics for the Monteverde Region, the Commission for Solid Waste Management of Monteverde, and the Bellbird Biological Corridor.