Transdisciplinary Practitioner: Policy, Futures, and Art
Giselly is an advisor at the Public Policy Lab, where she leads The People Say project. With experience in service design, qualitative research, and advocacy, she works with governments, NGOs, philanthropy, and academia co-designing policies and services that support underrepresented communities.
Alongside her policy and research practice, she develops independent projects in art, curation, and futures thinking (See projects below).
Latest personal projects
Coca, Palabra-Mundo at the UN headquarters
Exhibition to question the United Nations' decision in 1961 when it mistakenly classified the coca leaf as a narcotic.
Comedor de Quelites Mixtecos
Oral history and zine series project highlighting the stories of indigenous Mixtec women, sharing their connection to plants, migration, and resistance.
COCAWORLDS
Curatorial research project that brings together transdisciplinary artists, Indigenous authorities, and scholars, who resignify coca as a plant of power, medicine, and food.
Las Yerbas Apothecary
Research residency space for collaborative learning and experimentation around plant-human relationships and artistic practices based on sacred plants.