Genesis Delgado Vernaza, Ecuadorian Black archaeologist, specializes in Anthropological Archaeology and Black Archaeology. Currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS) in Mexico, she is conducting research on African Palenques and Afrodescendants in Guayaquil.

A graduate in archaeology from the Polytechnic School of the Littoral (ESPOL) in Ecuador, she holds certification in Afro-Latin American Studies from ALARI. Her research focuses on themes such as maroonage, resistance, and exploitation of African and Afrodescendant populations. Additionally, she has participated in pre-Hispanic Formative projects focused on the Valdivia culture. With experience in various Ecuadorian regions, she has contributed to archaeological work in the Chota Valley, Cuenca, Dos Mangas – Buen Suceso, the Chanduy Valley, and Guayaquil.

In her role as a research archaeologist, she is involved in projects such as the “Research on Memory Sites in the Ancestral Territory of the Chota Valley-La Concepción and Salinas: heritage and safeguarding,” a collaboration between the Intercultural University of Indigenous Nationalities and Peoples Amawtay Wasi and the Latin American Historical Archaeology Lab. She is also engaged in the project “Archaeology of Maroonage and Fugitivity from Black Women in the Construction of the Ancestral Afro-Ecuadorian Territory of the Chota-Mira Valley (Imbabura and Carchi),” with the Latin American Historical Archaeology Lab (University of Massachusetts – Boston). Furthermore, she participates in the “Archaeological Research: Excavation and laboratory analysis of the Buen Suceso site for the investigation of ancient communities, Dos Mangas commune” in collaboration with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.