Lic. Barbara Salas Achahuanco

“In working with HBI, I am able to make my dreams come true: for the children to become autonomous, to reach their greatest potential, and to be resilient in the face of life’s challenges.”

Barbara is a licensed Clinical-Educational Psychologist and a specialist in managing participative workshops, training, and individual clinical counseling and therapy. She brings deep experience in working with children and adolescents, and in implementing educational-social projects with various NGOs as well public and private schools in different settings. Barbara is the lead psychologist for the Youth Accompaniment Project – which focuses on adolescent siblings of families enrolled in the Inés Project – and works to ensure that relevant data for the fulfillment of goals are properly collected. She also collaborates with the youth of Casa Girasoles.