
Languages
Spanish (fluent), English (fluent)
Costa Rica
About Adriana Pal
Adriana studied permaculture and organic agriculture. In 2014, she founded Jungle School-Permaculture, a non-profit project focused on empowering and educating rural communities. Since then, she has designed and facilitated regenerative practice programs for adults and children. In recent years, she has focused her work as a permaculture designer on different farms in the southern Nicoya Peninsula through her own consulting company, Food Jungle Design. Her work primarily focuses on designing edible, medicinal, and productive forest gardens, soil regeneration, and protection of water sources. In 2017, she had the opportunity to become an Accredited Trainer of IAFN and has facilitated multiple Analog Forestry courses in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. She has successfully led the Central American AF promoters program. She is currently part of the IAFN Secretariat as the Regional Coordinator of AF for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Focus Areas
Analogous forest designs, agroecology, community education