Luis is a founding member of the Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT). He is completing a Master’s Program in Biodiversity and Climate Change at the Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica. Luis has almost two decades of experience working on research projects with national and international organizations on the conservation of flora and fauna in the forests of the Ecuadorian Chocó. He is the author and co-author of several peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals. Luis has also presented the results of his research at several scientific conferences. His interest is focused on community conservation and understanding the ecology of Neotropical bird species.