Junuen Mondragón is the Regional Manager of Academic Services for National Geographic Learning with over 16 years of experience in English Language Teaching. He specializes in curriculum development, academic coaching, and teacher training across Latin America. 

Previously, he worked at The Anglo Mexican Foundation as a teacher, instructional designer, and Head of Training. Junuen is passionate about educational innovation and supporting teachers to achieve excellence.

Tamara Merino is a Chilean documentary photographer and visual storyteller who focuses on human and sociocultural issues, identity, and subterranean communities. Her work has been published in multiple online and print publications worldwide including National Geographic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Der Spiegel, among many others. Merino participated in the World Press Photo Joop Swart Latin America Masterclass.

She has had her photographs exhibited at Photoville in New York, at the Bronx Documentary Center in New York, at the Yangon Photo Festival in Yangon, at the Bergen Gallery in New Jersey, at Lumix Photo Festival in Germany, at Foto Prensa in Chile, at Maciel Foto Festival in Argentina, and by World Press Photo in the United States, Germany, and Myanmar. Merino is an awardee for the World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program and for ARTPIL’s 30 Under 30/Women Photographers.

Merino is a fellow at the International Women’s Media Foundation and participated in the New York Times Portfolio Review. She has received the Chris Hondros Fund Award, Young Leader Award by El Mercurio, the Magnum Foundation’s Inge Morath Award, and was named one of PDN’s 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch. Merino also teaches photography workshops in various countries, including for National Geographic Learning.