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Francisco Esteban Morales Ventosa

Francisco Esteban Morales Ventosa, 29 years old, is a Member of the Community of Students of the First Nations of America, and comes from the Kolla Indigenous nation. Francisco was born in the current plura-national Republic of Bolivia on August 3, 1980, of Argentine nationality. In the course of his training at age 18, he joined the Sikuris community, seeking more information about his cultural identity and participated in this community until 2001, when he began studying Drama and Theater and forming theatre groups with the purpose of rescuing the traditions of Indigenous peoples. In 2002 he co-founded the group Savia Latina, which together with other youths designed radio programs such as SAVIA LATINA" on FM WILDE and "Fuera de Serie" Latin Wave FM. In 2003 Francisco worked with some organizations in which he came to know the political reality of indigenous communities and the need to prepare and build the capacity of future generations to end the inequality of socioeconomic opportunity they face. He then began his higher education in Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2005 he joined the work of the Indigenous Organization "Student Community of the First Nations of America" which connected him to the field of interfaith dialogue and the importance this has for the healing and construction of a more just and equal society. He has participated in several international and national conferences, leading and presenting about the ancestral knowledge of indigenous worldviews, to promote and assist in the work of building a culture of peace and fraternity between humanity and Mother Earth. As an Ambassador, Francisco dreams to be part of the process and the formation of multinational states and pluralist societies in the world as alternatives to support the care of our planet and home, our Mother Earth.