Andres is a Ph.D. student advised by Dr. Elana Buch. He has a BS in Nursing (2017) and a MA in Cultural Studies (2020) from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Following the sociocultural path, he researches obstetric violence in sex workers in Medellin, Colombia. Through ethnographic theory and methods, Andres wants to understand how sex workers experience violence within obstetric health and its relation to the violent dynamics of the city where they live to advocate for better practices of humanized care.