She works in the design, negotiation and development of institutional and financial mechanisms for watershed protection in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and has published several publications in this area. He has led the creation of environmental management programs in several agroindustries in Colombia and Guatemala. He currently directs Eco Decisión, an organization he founded in 1996, which is dedicated to the development of innovative initiatives for biodiversity conservation. She is a member of the Ecosystem Marketplace Advisory Committee and the Steering Committee of Grupo Katoomba América Tropical. In 2007, she was selected as a Rainer Arnhold Fellow of the Mulago Foundation and in 2006 as a Senior Fellow of the Ashoka Foundation. From 2004-2008, she was a member of the Board of Directors of Fundación Natura in Ecuador. Marta holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies and an undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from Brown University.