María Elena Ramos. Director of the “Programa Compañeros” of Ciudad Juarez.

Social Worker (School of Social Work, “Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez”). Specialist in “Health Promotion and Community Development” and “Social Management for social welfare programs” in the Latin American Social Work (CELATS) Department of Vocational Education, Lima, Peru.

For 25 years the field of professional action has focused on working with Injecting Drug Users (IDUs), coordinated actions, systematizing experience, training other social organizations and presenting the experience of the “Compañeros Program” in National and International Conferences .

She was also National Coordinator of the National Promotion and Training in Sexual Health. She was a teacher at the school of social work at the University of Ciudad Juarez, and Vocal in CONASIDA representing SISEX NGO network.