Ana María APONTE

A cultural manager and journalist, she has spent her career in the social and cultural sectors, both public and private, since 1991. She was National Director for Children and Young People at the Ministry of Culture and communications adviser to Vice-President Gustavo Bell Lemus. Through Comunicación y Cultura, her cultural initiative founded in 2000, she has dedicated herself to the development, support and promotion of social and cultural projects at a national level, including the Hay Festival Cartagena for 10 years, the Festivales al Parque in Bogota, the Bogota International Art Fair (ARTBO), the Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM), the Eurocine Film Festival, the Bogota International Book Fair (FILBO) and the Teatro Libre Jazz Festival in Bogota, among others. In the social sector, through her management company, she has developed strategies for community projects in various parts of Colombia. For three years, she supported the Fundación Nacional Batuta in implementing its communication and management activities at a national level and participated in the launch of the Fundación Plan’s social mobilisation strategy in 2016. She is currently a founding partner of the Río Grande music school, alongside Carlos Vives.