Talks and events

2020: Panelist in the opening ceremony of the "Festival de la Ciencia 2020" disscussing the role of "curiosity" in arts and science.
2020: Mentor for the program "Provoca Valparaiso" to promote STEM among girls.
2020: YouTube webinar "La vida social de las galaxias" and answer to questions live for a series of "Astronomy at home" talks organized by Proyecto Anillo de formacion de agujeros negros supermasivos
2019: Talk on the large scales of the Universe for a discussion panel at CosmoFest, organized by Museo Interactivo Mirador.
2019: Panelist in a round-table discussion on the gender gap in science, hosted at Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso
2018: Mentor in student internships Euducacion Futuro
2018: Fiesta de la Ciencia 2018 organized by Par Explora Valparaiso @ Parque La Isla de Concon.
2018: Feria de La Ciencia 2018 at Universty of Valparaiso
2017: Public talk about the wonders of the Universe as part of the International Festival of Social Innovation (FiiS 2017) in Santiago, Chile.
Video link from Paranal Observatory to XX Festival de Astronomia, Villa de Leyva, Boyaca (Colombia). A summary video of the event can be found here.
2015: Short video for #Chilemiratucielo 2015
"Fiesta de la Ciencia" at Museo Interactivo Mirador, Santiago, Chile
Congreso Astronomico Escolar del Bio Bio, organized by Embiggen, Explora, Coronel, Chile

Interviews & Media

2018: Interviewed for Podcast Astromania y algo mas (also available on Spotify)
2018: Appearance in the German Travel documentary "Chile's North" by Slashy Productions.
In August 2017 we published a paper in Nature reporting the previously unknown connection bewteen ram-pressure stripping and the central supermassive black holes of galaxies. The discovery caught the attention of many news sites, including: ESO news, Scientific American, Phys.org, Space.com, New Scientist, TrendinTech, University of Melbourne, and several other english-language sites, as well as Chilean, Mexican, Italian, and Spanish press releases.
An interview for Diario 2001's 44 Aniversario celebrating Venezuelans abroad.
In April 2017 we published a paper reporting the discovery of an early-type jellyfish galaxy (Sheen et al. 2017) that got the attention of several science news sites: Phys.org, iu4.com, sciencetimes.com, AAS Nova. The article was also reviewd in french, and in korean in this article and this video.
Press releases about Jellyfish Galaxies and the GASP project. This was part of a Media Day organized by SOCHIAS. Here are some of the resulting articles (in spanish): Ultimas Noticias, La Tercera, Entorno Inteligente
Interview for the ESO journal The Messenger (issue 166, page 68, Dec. 2016)
Interview for a Venezuelan blog
Interview for the exhibition "Retratos de Independencia" by by John Perivolaris
Interview for a Venezuelan newspaper

Conversatorio "Mujeres en ciencia" @ Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso, Chile (2019)

Taller de Galaxias @ Universidad de Valparaiso, Valparaiso, Chile (2018)

Entrevista con Tele13 @ Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile (2017)

Charla por skype con alumnos de Institutos Educacionales Asociados @ Caracas, Venezuela (2017)

Tour del VLT a estudiantes de fisica de Antofagasta @ Paranal Observatory, Chile (2017)