Summary
Mariel Zasso is a multidisciplinary researcher and project manager with 10 years of experience at the intersection of civic technology, social participation and cultural policy. Now a postdoctoral researcher based in Coyoacán after completing a PhD focused on citizen laboratories, she combines academic rigor with hands-on project delivery from roles at Tecnológico de Monterrey and international organizations like UNDP and IOM. Her work spans research, platform evaluation and community engagement—designing strategies to boost participation on government and civil society platforms and documenting best practices. Fluent across Portuguese and Spanish contexts, she has a background in clinical psychology that informs her human-centered approach to technology and policy. Notable for moving between government, NGOs and academia, she brings a rare mix of policy, research and operational experience to civic tech initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctoranda, Estudios Humanísticos, Doctoranda, Estudios Humanísticos at Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mestrado, Psicologia Clínica, Mestrado, Psicologia Clínica at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Psychologist graduate, Clinical Psychology, Psychologist graduate, Clinical Psychology at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish