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Martha Givaudan received her Doctorate Degree in Research and Evaluation of Social and Education Programs from the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands. She studied Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She specializes in neonatal behavior, mother-infant interaction, and childhood development. She is the Author and the Co-author of the program I want to, I can, at the Mexican Institute for Family and Population Research (Yo quiero Yo puedo-IMIFAP). Her professional work is linked with life skills development and prevention of various psychosocial problems such as school dropout, obesity, addictions, and violence.

Marco Barriga studied Psychology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He specializes in social and educacional psychology and is a Member of the Interamerican Society of Psychology. He has coordinated and led several research projects related to life skills development in adolescents and children at the Yo quiero Yo puedo-IMIFAP I want to, I can program.

Jacquelyn Kercheval studied Economics and Community Health at Tufts University. She is currently a part-time volunteer for Yo quiero Yo puedo-IMIFAP, and she works full time at the Analysis Group, an economic consulting firm based in Boston, MA, USA. She specializes in health care data analytics and plans to pursue a medical degree.

Susan Pick is the Founder of Yo quiero Yo puedo-IMIFAP and the I want to, I can program, and she is a Professor of Social Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She developed the Framework for Enabling Empowerment (FrEE), which emphasizes the importance of personal agency in academic performance, participatory citizenship, health promotion, poverty reduction, and sustainable community development. She is the author and the co-author of more than 300 publications (including scientific articles, children’s books, training manuals, and textbooks).