Indira joined the Indigenous Research Network in Winter 2026 as Program Manager, where she leads the coordination and delivery of IRN programming, partnerships, and research initiatives.
Indira is a Ph.D. student in the Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP) program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. She holds a Master of Education from OISE and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Originally from Peru, Indira has Quechua roots from Ayacucho and Cusco and was raised in the district of Villa María del Triunfo in Lima. Her work broadly bridges research, community engagement, and advocacy, with a focus on education, policy, and international and transnational collaboration.
Prior to joining IRN, Indira served as Lab Coordinator and Knowledge Mobilization Specialist at the Ziibiing Lab, a Global Indigenous Politics Research Collaboratory in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, where she supported research development and community-centered programming. She has also contributed to educational reform programs for government institutions in Peru. Alongside her academic work, she is a co-founder and member of Kuskalla Abya Yala, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization.
