Gabriela Rivadeneira

Gabriela Rivadeneira Hurtado received a B.A. in Design from the Universidad Catolica de Chile with a certificate in Computer Graphics and Animation from UCLA.

She devoted the first 15 years of her carrer as a designer for the wine industry, where she worked for some of the most prestigious premium wineries in Chile.

Most recently, she shifted to interior and furniture design. She became Creative Director at Atelier Cristian Donoso in Santiago, Chile.

During all of her professional carreer, she has dedicated significant time to social work. She has focused her initiatives working with low income people helping them acquiring different skills so they can make a living out of them. Most recently, she started working with emerging artists and craftsmen guiding them on aspects such as product design, commercial strategy and financial planning.