Helga FLAMTERMESKY

Intercultural Mediator, Association of Intercultural Mediators ASMIN, Spain
Helga Flamtermesky is a Colombian migrant who has been living in Barcelona for 12 years. She has worked as intercultural mediator in Sant Cugat (Barcelona) and has been teaching intercultural mediation at several universities. She defines herself as a researcher and activist, specialised in intercultural mediation, gender and immigration. She has been a founding member of several organisations that work with migrant women. She is a founding member of ASMIN (Association of Intercultural Mediators). Helga is a PhD candidate in social psychology. Over the past years she has been involved in a participatory action research with women who have been trafficked in the Philippines, USA, Colombia and Spain. One of the goals of this project has been to train victims of trafficking to become intercultural mediators.