Dr. Francisca Massardo is an ethnobotanist and plant physiologist who has authored many publications about biocultural conservation science and philosophy. She is the President of the Fundacion Centro Cabo de Hornos. She co-founded the Parque Etnobotanico Omora, and serves as educator and administrator for the Universidad de Magallanes – Centro Universitario Puerto Williams, and the Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad (IEB, Chile – Magallanes). Her office is in Puerto Williams, Provincia Antártica Chilena, Reserva de Biosfera Cabo de Hornos.