Putumayo Education Foundation is the co-creation of a great dream and the sum of various contributions to lead different projects; founded by Patricia and Parker Smith in 2013 with the purpose of making a difference and fulfilling the dream of improving the lives of the children of the Amazon jungle of Putumayo through the generation of educational opportunities.
María Paula is a social worker (La Salle University. Bogotá, Colombia – 2011). Her professional career is related to the processes of adoption and restitution of rights of children and adolescents in the Department of Cundinamarca (Colombia). Her experience includes research, prevention and development of community strategies with the LGBTI population and the comprehensive approach to problematic substance use. For 6 years she was part of the work team of the District Secretariat for Social Integration with the project «Attention to the phenomenon of street habitability in the city of Bogotá». In addition, María Paula has training in different artistic branches: such as photography and painting, a passion that she fuses with her field of action in the social sphere.
Daniel is an English teacher, (National Pedagogical University, Bogotá) has been dedicated to it for more than 14 years. During this time he has had contact with groups of all ages and socioeconomic strata. The first years were devoted entirely to work with university entities in face-to-face courses; On the other hand, since 2014, more than half of the time has been focused on virtual work and use of ICT tools.
As of 2021, Daniel has focused his work on the creation and development of artistic educational tools for the communities of the municipality of Puerto Caicedo in the department of Putumayo, through his work at the Putumayo Education Foundation.
