Simone Haf

I grew up in a small village in the Alps in southern Germany, but nowadays I live in sharp contrast to this landscape: vibrant and compelling Mexico City. From an early age, I was very attracted to Latin America and its ancestral cultures. In my mid-twenties, this passion led me to quit my job as a journalist in a daily newspaper, and begin a Latin American Studies program at Cologne University.

In 2001, I arrived in Mexico for the first time for some professional opportunities, and fell in love with the country and its people. Since then, I have worked in human rights and social justice issues in Mexico and the region. For example, I have worked in management and communications with the United Nations Population Fund, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the German International Cooperation (GIZ). From 2010 to 2015, I was the Coordinator of Institutional Development at Fundar, Centro de Análisis e Investigación A.C. Since 2015, I have been an independent organizational development consultant for NGOs in Latin America supporting peoples and organizational health and wellbeing. I am increasingly incorporating a psychocorporal perspective in all my projects. This practice has been nurtured by a Masters degree in Organizational Leadership with a focus on humanist and gestalt therapy, specialized studies in Gestalt Therapy and Buddhist Psychology, training as a psychocorporal therapist, in narrative psychology/practices and yoga instructor, as well as in Embodied Social Justice and Advanced Meeting Design and Facilitation (including virtual).

I consider myself a feminist and citizen of the world.

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