Ecuador
She/Her
2023 Cohort
Emilie is an innovative educator with a decade-long dedication to empowering young minds. As a co-founder of Kimia-Critical Pedagogies, she has pioneered transformative educational practices that challenge traditional norms. Emilie holds a master's degree in Gender and Sexuality Studies from Lund University, Sweden, this has helped her to bring a deep understanding of the complexities and possibilities surrounding these topics.
Training feminists organizations in the pleasure based approach in Galapagos Islands 
Emilie is an activist in grassroots feminist movements, social researcher, and educator with 15 years of experience, deeply committed to gender equity and inclusive education. Throughout her career as an educator, she has led curriculum development projects and teacher training initiatives, as well as designed and implemented innovative and inclusive pedagogical methodologies. Her experience includes creating and reviewing educational curricula with a gender-centered approach, alongside supporting teachers in their professional development.
As part of her dedication to inclusive education and the promotion of gender equity, Emilie has developed and facilitated training programs for teachers and education professionals focused on gender awareness, violence prevention, and the establishment of safe and respectful learning environments. Her passion for education and strong pedagogical background have enabled her to contribute meaningfully to community empowerment and the advancement of social justice through transformative education.
Emilie’s project aimed to address critical issues by developing and implementing strategies for sex-positive, pleasure-based sex education in collaboration with local feminist organizations. By placing pleasure at the core of the content and pedagogy, the goal was to create an engaging and relevant sex education program for children and youth. The project successfully fostered a group of individuals enthusiastic about this new approach and committed to sustaining the work long term. To achieve this, the project focused on:
Training key actors in pleasure-based sexual education. The objective was to equip participants with the skills to identify and engage diverse audiences, particularly young people as the primary target group, while developing pedagogical tools to facilitate meaningful engagement and education.
Creating tools to initiate conversations about pleasure and body politics. This involved designing tools to encourage open dialogues within communities, using creative and engaging methods to discuss sensitive topics and foster deeper understanding and heightened awareness.
Building collaborative alliances with local organizations to ensure sustainable educational processes. This activity focused on forming strategic partnerships and alliances to support the long-term sustainability of the educational initiatives.
Emilie currently serves as Vice Principal at Johannes Kepler School, where she supports curriculum development, teacher training, and the implementation of inclusive, student-centered pedagogical strategies. Emilie is also the co-founder of Kimia – Pedagogías Críticas, a collective through which she has designed and facilitated a wide range of educational initiatives, including virtual and in-person workshops on gender, leadership, sexual and reproductive rights, and the prevention of gender-based violence. Her work with Kimia has included creating gamified virtual modules for teachers and students, developing institutional protection policies, and designing interactive curricula for organizations such as UNFPA, TPP, Plan International, Fundación Crisfe, Banco de Pichincha, and Fundación Esquel.
Highlights
Emilie plans to train feminists organizations in the Galapagos Islands in the pleasure-based approach.
This project, based in San Cristóbal in the Galápagos Islands, addresses the urgent need for sex-positive, pleasure-based sex education, as identified by two local feminist organizations. These community leaders have raised deep concerns about the lack of comprehensive sex education, especially among children and youth, whose understanding is often shaped by taboos and misinformation. This gap has contributed to alarmingly high teen pregnancy rates, placing the Galápagos among the provinces with the highest per capita rates in the country. Current approaches to sex education are failing to connect with young people, as they often overlook their lived experiences, language, and concerns. The project aims to fill this critical gap by implementing inclusive, engaging, and culturally relevant educational strategies that center bodily autonomy, consent, and sexual pleasure. The initiative prioritizes young people and feminist organizations in San Cristóbal, while also acknowledging the broader community dynamics that influence and sustain patriarchal systems. The lack of access to accurate, empowering information perpetuates social injustice, gender-based violence, and oppressive norms, particularly affecting the most marginalized. By fostering open, respectful, and affirming conversations around sexuality, this project seeks to challenge entrenched inequalities and promote transformative, community-driven education in the Galápagos.
This experience opened many doors for me. Since completing the fellowship, I’ve had several opportunities to collaborate with The Pleasure Project and UNFPA in various countries and formats—supporting trainings, developing tools, and contributing to broader conversations on sexual rights. The fellowship didn’t just strengthen my professional skills—it genuinely changed my life and the way I engage with my work.
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