Jorge considers himself a professional of international cooperation and an apprentice ethnographer, learning from everyone around him. His formal qualifications include a Master of Environmental Science from Yale University, where he conducted a research project on energy transitions in Myanmar, and a Licenciatura (Bachelor´s degree) in international Relations from El Colegio de México (The College of Mexico). He worked for three years as advisor at CONACYT, the Mexican federal science and technology agency, and was a Teaching Fellow at Yale. Originally from Mexico City, Jorge is devoted to advance cooperation and mutual understanding between Southeast Asia and Latin America.