Ibis has extensive experience in both practical and scientific aspects of archaeology. She has participated in archaeological research, including surveying, rescue or excavation, monitoring, and laboratory work, particularly in the management of cultural resources, such as rescue archaeology. Her expertise extends to academic research, collaborative archaeology, and community engagement. Ibis possesses in-depth knowledge of cultural heritage laws at the national and international levels and has hands-on experience in curating archaeological collections.
Her academic background is in anthropology and archaeology, graduating from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, with previous studies at the International University SEK – Chile. Currently, she is pursuing a specialization in Archaeometry at the National University of La Plata and a Ph.D. in Archaeology at the National University of the Central Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Currently, Ibis is actively involved in archaeological work with communities in the Andean Qhapaq Ñan road system – INPC, as part of the ARQUETIPA Collective (Archaeology in Feminine), serving as an associate researcher in the Conservation, cataloging, and formation of faunal osteological collections at the Community Research and Museum Center of Salango – CIMS. Since 2013, she has been a member of a collaborative archaeology group working with Afro-descendant populations in the Chota Valley on projects such as “Afro-Andean Identities and Racial Domination in the Northern Andes Archaeology of Domestic Spaces in the Chota-Mira Valley (17th-19th centuries),” “Research on Memory Sites in the Ancestral Territory of the Chota Valley-La Concepción and Salinas: Heritage and Safeguard,” “Archaeological Diagnosis of the Chota Mira Valley Intercultural University of Indigenous Peoples and Nationalities Amawtay Wasi,” “Delimitation of the Memory Garden Cemetery Martina Carrillo (18th-20th centuries),” and editing the DOSSIÊ AFRO-LATINOAMERICANAS ARCHAEOLOGIES FOR RE-EXISTENCE in the Cadernos do LEPAARQ journal (UFPEL).