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Viña del Mar University: Viña del Mar, CL

2024-03-01 to present | Director of the Master's Degree in Urban-Regional Project Management (Architecture)
Employment
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Marcela Soto Caro

Chilean State Railways: valparaíso, Chile, CL

2022-06-01 to 2026-05-01 | Director of State Railways, Valparaíso Branch (Valparaíso Branch)
Employment
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Marcela Soto Caro

Education and qualifications (3)

Delft University of Technology: Delft, Zuid-Holland, NL

2024 | PhD (Urbanism)
Education
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Marcela Soto Caro

Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña: Barcelona, Cataluña, ES

1999 to 2000 | Master in Architecture and Urban Culture
Education
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Marcela Soto Caro

Universidad de Valparaíso Escuela de Arquitectura: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

1993 to 1998 | Architec (Architecture)
Education
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Marcela Soto Caro

Professional activities (20)

METROPOLITICA: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2016 to present | Member
Membership
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Marcela Soto Caro

Instituto Politécnico Nacional: Ciudad de Mexico, Distrito Federal, MX

2016 to present | Expert in Collaborative Management Workshop in prehispanic town of Cuautepec, Mexico (Interdisciplinary Center for Research and Studies on Environment and Development CIIMED)
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Gobierno Regional Región de Valparaíso: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2016 to present | Participant (Council for Sustainable Mobility and Infrastructure)
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Workshop Unsolicited Architecture, Archiprix Valparaiso Chile, UNAB: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2015 to present | Keynote Speaker
Invited position
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Marcela Soto Caro

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Santiago, Metropolitan Region, CL

2015 to present | Lecturer at International Seminar The Public Space under the Pressure of Transport Infrastructure (IEUT - Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales)
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Technische Universiteit Delft: Delft, Zuid-Holland, NL

2014 to present | Lecturer in the International Symposia on Emerging Planning System
Invited position
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Marcela Soto Caro

Senado de la República de Chile: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2013 to present | Participant (Senate Committe for the Reconstruccion of Valparaiso )
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Revista Transporte y Territorio ISSN - 1852-7175: Buenos Aires, AR

2013 to present | Critical Reviewer
Invited position
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Marcela Soto Caro

Gobierno Regional Región de Valparaíso: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2012 to present | Technical Consulting for the Development of Natural Risk Component of Valparaiso Regional Land Use Plan (Division of Planning and Development )
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, BR

2012 to present | Keynote speaker (School of Architecture)
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

ICZM (Group Studies Interuniversity Coastal Zone): Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2011 to present | Keynote Speaker at Coastal Border Symposium: Challenges for Integrating a multidimensional view
Invited position
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Marcela Soto Caro

22ª Congreso de Arquitectos Antofagasta: Antofagasta, CL

2011 to present | Keynote Speaker
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Gobierno Regional Región de Valparaíso: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2010 to present | Contributor (Division of Planning and Development )
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Chilean state railways: valparaiso, Valparaíso, CL

2024 to 2025 | President of the State Railways Sustainability Commission (Valparaíso brunch)
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña: Barcelona, Punilla, ES

2013 to 2016 | Critical Reviewer (International Research Seminar in Urban Planning)
Invited position
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Universities of Valparaiso: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2011 to 2016 | Member (GIZC-Multidisciplinary Research Group for Coastal Zones)
Membership
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Marcela Soto Caro

CONICYT - National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research: Santiago, Metropolitan Region, CL

2009 to 2016 | Referee (Research Proyects and Postgraduate Scholarship)
Invited position
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Marcela Soto Caro

Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria : Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2015 | Outstanding Teacher Award (Decreto de Rectoría Nº002/2006.)
Distinction
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Marcela Soto Caro

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2014 | Outstanding Teacher Award (Decreto de Rectoría Nº002/2006.)
Distinction
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Marcela Soto Caro

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María: Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL

2013 | Outstanding teacher award (Decreto de Rectoría Nº002/2006.)
Distinction
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Marcela Soto Caro

Funding (13)

Design thinking analogous models for architectural education.

2023 to 2024 | Grant
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaíso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Design and Implementation of a Model for Development and Strengthening of Technical and Management Capabilities in the Areas of Innovation and Productive Promotion of the Municipalities of the Valparaíso Region.

2022 to 2023 | Award
Valparaiso Regional Government (Valparaíso, Valparaíso, CL)
Part of GRANT_NUMBER: FIC-R
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Ciudad y Movilidad Infantil, el caso de los Cerros del Almendral de Valparaíso

2018 to present | Grant
General Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DGIP) Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Creación de un Sistema integrado que detone la inversión en los inmuebles existentes y los espacios públicos en dos áreas del plan de Valparaíso, la Matriz y el Almendral

2017 to 2019 | Grant
Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO) (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

The New Roles of Public Space in Construction and Education Civility and Anthropic or Natural Hazards: A Focus on Children

2016 to 2017 | Grant
General Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DGIP) Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Residential patterns Location of University Students of Greater Valparaiso. Funds from the General Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies

2015 to 2016 | Grant
General Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DGIP) Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Development of assessment instruments for recording and optimization of a flexible curriculum.

2014 to 2015 | Grant
Competition Educational Research Projects DGD UTFSM Engineering and Sciences (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Improving learning in theoretical courses Area Planning and Architecture Management-through methodological transfer of Architecture Workshop ".

2012 to 2013 | Grant
Competition Educational Research Projects DGD UTFSM Engineering and Sciences. (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Definition and Implementation of the Area of Planning and Management for the Curricular Cycles.

2010 to 2012 | Grant
Competition Educational Research Projects DGD UTFSM Engineering and Sciences. (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Synthesis and Evaluation of spatial transformations generated by mobility in the Great Valparaiso, through spatial analysis models.

2010 to 2012 | Grant
General Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DGIP) Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Analysis of Trends in Mobility in the Greater Valparaiso, the case of labor mobility , Research 2009. Funds from the

2009 to 2010 | Grant
General Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DGIP) Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Analysis of Trends in Mobility in the Greater Valparaiso, The case of the University Student Mobility

2008 to 2009 | Grant
General Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studies (DGIP) UTFSM. (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Architecture Workshop as Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory: the case of Advanced Workshop on Planning and Management.

2002 to 2003 | Grant
Competition Educational Research Projects DGD UTFSM Engineering and Sciences. (Valparaiso, Valparaiso, CL)
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Works (47)

Enhancing Creativity Through Material Choice in Architectural and Urban Design Model-Making

Buildings
2025-01-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2075-5309
Contributors: Eduardo Piñones; Ruben Jacob-Dazarola; Marcela Soto; Jorge León; Christopher Nikulin; Cristopher Vrsalovic Rojas; Teresita Marin
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Kindheiten in marginalisierten Umgbungen

über Koproduktion und ihre Geschichten auf dem Weg zur Schule. in Volg M and Baum M. (ed.),
2024 | Book chapter | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Marcela Soto Caro
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Metodologías participativas con las infancias en entornos urbanos vulnerables: coproducciones y relatos del camino-la escuela.

Astrágalo. Cultura de la Arquitectura y la Ciudad
2023 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1134-3672
Part of ISSN: 2469-0503
Contributors: Marcela Soto Caro; Macarena Barrientos; Verónica Francés Tortosa
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Marcela Soto Caro

Public space and urban resilience: children’s perspectives. The case of the hills of Valparaíso, Chile

Children's Geographies
2022-03-04 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1473-3285
Part of ISSN: 1473-3277
Contributors: Marcela Soto Caro; Jorge León Canales; Anne Escobar Guéguen
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

El rol del espacio público en el desarrollo urbano resiliente desde una perspectiva de la niñez: el caso de los cerros de Valparaíso, Chile

Revista de Urbanismo
2020-12-09 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0717-5051
Contributors: Marcela Soto Caro; Anne Escobar
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Condiciones de desarrollo en espacios patrimoniales y remotos. Caso de planificación de Río Serrano, comuna Torres del Payne, Chile

Revista de geografía Norte Grande
2019-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0718-3402
Contributors: Gerardo Saelzer Canouet; Marcela Soto; Luis Álvarez
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

(In)formal Urban Mobility as an Urban Regeneration Tool. The case of the Almendral neighborhood hills in Valparaíso, Chile

RE-CITY (Im)possible cities
2018 | Book chapter
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Sistemas de estructura urbano/rural de la ciudad intermedia. El caso de la ciudad de San Felipe en el Valle del Aconcagua.

Reconstrucción de ciudades intermedias en el siglo XXI
2018 | Book chapter
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Movilidad en topografías complejas: informalidad y fragmentación urbana. El caso de los cerros Almendral de Valparaíso

Desigualdades Urbanas en América Latina: Conflictos, Resistencias, Fronteras y Actores. CLACSO. Santiago, Chile
2018-10 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Transporte y Desarrollo Urbano en Topografías Complejas. El caso de los cerros del barrio Almendral de Valparaíso

XX Congreso Latinoamericano de Transporte Público y Urbano (CLATPU). Medellín, Colombia
2018-07 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Espacio Público, Civilidad y Resiliencia Urbana: Una perspectiva desde la Niñez

3° Congreso Internacional Vivienda y Ciudad: "Debate en torno a la nueva agenda urbana". Córdoba, Argentina
2018-06 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

(In)formal urban mobility as urban regeneration tool. The case of the hills of the Almendral neighbourhood in Valparaiso, Chile.

RE- CITY Conference. Tampere, Finland
2017 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Movilidad (In)formal como Herramienta de Regeneración Urbana. El caso de los cerros del Barrio Almendral de Valparaíso.

XXXVIII Congreso Nacional e Internacional de Geografía. Temuco, Chile
2017 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Movilidad residencial estudiantil en áreas históricas metropolitanas: el caso del Área Metropolitana de Valparaíso

Revista Geográfica Vol. 54
2017 | Journal article
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Marcela Soto Caro

Conditions for Planning in Remote Areas.

10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:"ENVIRONMENTAL AND TERRITORIAL STUDIES", Galápagos, Ecuador
2016 | Conference paper
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Marcela Soto Caro

Puesta en Valor del Patrimonio Agrícola en Ciudades Intermedias, caso Chillán

Revista de Urbanismo, Vol. 35
2016 | Journal article
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Marcela Soto Caro

Feedback Assessment Experience for Curricular Cycles: The Experience of the Career Program of the Architecture School in Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile

ICERI 8th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Sevilla, Spain
2015 | Conference paper
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Marcela Soto Caro

New Agro-Urban Landscapes, the value of Agricultural Land and Activity

International Conference & Workshop Talca "Gentrification in reconstruction of global intermediate cities", Talca, Chile
2015 | Conference paper
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Valparaíso, City and Territory

Architectural Guide CHILE
2015 | Book chapter
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Value of Productive Agricultural Land in a intermediate city

the International Conference & Workshop Talca "Gentrification in reconstruction of global intermediate cities", Talca, Chile
2015 | Conference paper
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Marcela Soto Caro

Incendio a Escala Infraestructural

Memorias de la Ceniza
2014 | Book chapter
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Procesos de Aprendizaje Complejo, El Alcance no Lineal de Objetivos de Aprendizaje en el Taller de Arquitectura

Tercer Encuentro Latinoamericano, Introducción a la enseñanza de la arquitectura. Mendoza, Argentina
2014 | Conference paper
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Marcela Soto Caro

Modelo de inserción territorial de las universidades en áreas metropolitanas, el caso del Gran Valparaíso (1980-2013)

First International Symposium of Universities and Territory organized by the Observatory of Universities attached to the Department of Architecture of the University of Los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia
2013 | Conference paper
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Análisis de Tendencias en Movilidad en el Gran Valparaíso.

Revista de Geografía Norte Grande
2012 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Human Settlements between vulnerability and insecurity as risk factors

Seminar "Component of Natural Hazards" regional planning Valparaiso Region
2012 | Conference paper
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Pre Conferencia UGI Valparaíso: “Fenómenos Informales Clásicos en la Megaciudad Latinoamericana"

UGI/Comisión Megaciudades
2012 | Book
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Human Settlements between vulnerability and insecurity as risk factors."

Seminar "Component of Natural Hazards" regional planning Valparaiso Region, Valparaiso, Chile
2012-01 | Conference paper
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Water Courses City

41 st Conference of the Urban Affairs Association titled "Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future"
2011 | Conference paper
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Marcela Soto Caro

Water Courses City: Strategic planning for an urban system in the Central Macro Region of Chile

Anal de Congreso, 41 st Conference of the Urban Affairs Association titled "Reclaiming the City: Building a Just and Sustainable Future"
2011 | Conference paper
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Marcela Soto Caro

Dimensión Espacial de la Movilidad Cotidiana Universitaria: el caso de Valparaíso metropolitano, Chile

Anal de 5ª Congreso Internacional Ciudad y Territorio Virtual. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Centro de Política y Valorización de Suelo, Barcelona
2009 | Journal article
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Marcela Soto Caro

Dimensión Espacial de la Movilidad Cotidiana Universitaria: el caso de Valparaíso metropolitano, Chile

Anal de Congreso City Futures ’09. European Urban Research Association, Madrid
2009 | Journal article
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Marcela Soto Caro

Dimensión Espacial de la Movilidad Cotidiana Universitaria: el caso de Valparaíso metropolitano, Chile

Revista INVI
2009 | Journal article
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Marcela Soto Caro

Dimensión Espacial de la Movilidad Cotidiana Universitaria: el caso de Valparaíso metropolitano, Chile

Congreso Internacional Ciudad y Territorio Virtual. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Centro de Política y Valorización de Suelo, Barcelona
2009 | Conference abstract
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

INFRA_PAISAJES, Proyectos Línea Territorio y Gestión, Departamento de Arquitectura

Editorial USM
2009 | Book
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Mobility as a factor of urban resilience: the case of Metropolitan Valparaiso

Resilient Cities Forum Seminar Workshop, CEPAL (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean), Santiago, Chile
2009 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Space Dimension of University Students Daily Mobility: the case of Metropolitan Valparaiso

European Urban Research Association, Congress City Futures ’09, Madrid
2009 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Nuevo Periurbano para el Gran Valparaíso, riesgo y oportunidad

Bordes e Interticios Urbanos Impacto de la Globalización. Argentina: TU DElft, Holanda
2007 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Sustainable Mobility Challenge, opportunities and conflicts for a more sustainable urban system

Permacity: Delft University of Technology, Holanda
2007 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Growth and Transformation related with the Road Infrastructure Development

Conference Alfa Ibis, TUDelft
2006 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Viaje desde la Periferia, Nuevo Periurbano para el Gran Valparaíso, riesgo y oportunidad

Alfa-Ibis Network Conference, Exploring new concepts on urban peripheries, Santiago,Chile PUC
2005 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

From city to port region, effects of globalisation and new transport infrastructure in the territorial restructuring of Valparaiso

Seminario 10 th IBIS International Conference, TUDelft
2005-11-28 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

34 kilometres more of Territory

Globalization and Large Urban Projects (LUP) in 25 Cities International Conference, Shangai China Jiao Tong University
2004 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

34 kilometres more of Territory

Conferencia 9 ALFA IBIS, Delft, Holanda
2004 | Conference abstract
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Marcela Soto Caro

Infrapaisajes: Nuevos paisajes, los impactos de orden infraestructurales

Globalización, Forma Urbana y Gobernabilidad, Valparaíso Chile
2003 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

“Lo Indeterminado”, Ciudad de la Justicia

III Seminario Taller de Arquitectura. Intercampus. Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Federico Santa María, Valparaíso y Universidad de Montevideo. Sevilla, España
2003 | Conference abstract
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

“Espacio Emergentes”, La Habitación y La Arquitectura

II Seminario Taller de Arquitectura, Intercampus. Universidad de Sevilla, Universidad Federico Santa María y Universidad de Montevideo. Sevilla, España
2002 | Conference abstract
Source: Self-asserted source
Marcela Soto Caro

Widening the Spaces

Architectural review On Site, Calgary, Canadá
2001 | Journal article
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Marcela Soto Caro