I am the co-founder of Instituto RIA, board member of ReverdeSer Colectivo (Mexico) and the international advisor for Acción Técnica Social​ (Colombia)​. I host a podcast called el 4o Amparo (in Spanish). From 2014-2017, I formed part of the Secretariat of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, where I focused on the Latin American strategy and UNGASS 2016. I often write and give presentations on innovative public policies related to the regulation of psychoactive substances, from a human rights and social justice based framework.  I also wrote a book: Drugs Dictionary, published in 2015 by Ediciones B.

As a Truman Scholar and Public Service Fellow, I received a Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. My bachelor’s degree in Political Science is from the University of Colorado at Denver (UCD). I previously worked with Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the Kellogg Foundation, the National Democratic Institute, the Denver Tent City Initiative and Mi Casa Resource Center on issues of comprehensive sexuality education, housing and homelessness, judicial reform and democracy and governance programs in Latin America.

I can be found on twitter and instagram @zarasnapp.