Diego is a versatile engineer, social entrepreneur and promoter of holistic management and ecosystem restoration. He has 13 years of professional experience in sustainable development project management and a newfound passion for ecologically regenerative systems. He co-founded EcoSwell, a for-impact organization, to pursue his dream of building, testing and scaling solutions for actively restoring climate and biodiversity in socioeconomically marginalized contexts. He was the PI for a recent GWB project in northern coast Peru and is using his drive and creative mindset for innovation to link geophysics, groundwater and restoration agriculture for community resilience in arid environments. He also loves fieldwork and outdoor recreational activities such as surfing, hiking, ecotourism and birdwatching.