Florencia Bluthgen earned her bachelor’s degree in social communications in Buenos Aires and her master’s degree in sustainable international development from Brandeis University, Massachusetts. She has worked in nonprofits in Argentina, Haiti, Colombia, Mexico, and the U.S. in education, poverty alleviation, youth development and women's rights. She is currently the project manager for Fondo Semillas' Women Rebuilding their Communities project, a special project that supports community groups led by women working on the reconstruction of their communities after the 2017 earthquakes that hit central and southern Mexico.