Ingrid has a Masters in the Management of Protected Areas from the University of Madrid and was awarded a scholarship to study Forestry at the National University of Forestry Sciences in Honduras. She was also awarded a scholarship by the United States forest service to participate in the international course on management of protected areas in Fort Collins, Colorado. In 2000 she began work in protected areas as an environmental educator in communities surrounding Sierra del Lacondón National Park. She has also worked as an agroforestry technician and environmental educator to promote the declaration of the Sierra Caral Water and Forest Reserve. Currently, through leading coordination of the Sierra Santa Cruz protected area, she spearheads initiatives to promote the declaration of SSC.