2007 - 2011: PhD, The University of Manchester, UK

2010:........Royal Geographical Society Postgraduate Research Award

2009:....... Research Internship - GTZ, Ecuador

2009:....... Community Monitoring Workshop Leader - DED, Ecuador

2009:....... Harold Wingate Foundation Postgraduate Research Grant, UK

2006 - 2007: Arts Council England: Grant for the Arts, UK

2006:....... Photography Internship, Magnum Photos, New York - USA

2005:....... Research Fellow, NTNU, Norway

2004:....... MRes, The University of Manchester, UK

2003:....... Foundation Fine Arts and Design, MMU, UK

2001:....... Development Internship, Proyecto Jicatuyo, Honduras

1999 - 2002: BSc Biology, The University of Manchester, UK