PROF. M. CRISTINA OLIVA

Prof. María Cristina Oliva reveals herself as a thinker who has deeply and coherently interwoven history, American philosophy, Jungian psychology, and pedagogy. Her journey began in teaching and researching the thought of Rodolfo Kusch, whose categories regarding "American being" (estar americano) and the relationship between myth, territory, and community set the tone for all her subsequent work.

Over time, her perspective broadened toward anthropology and the study of Latin American worldviews, exploring ritual, symbolism, and the collective soul. That sensitivity led her to create her own educational institutions: two public schools conceived through creativity, autonomy, and holistic education, where learning is experienced as meaning and practice, not just instruction.

Later, she served as a consultant for the Ministry of Education of Argentina, bringing an ethical, human, and localized perspective to leadership processes and team development. Concurrently, her connection to depth psychology was consolidated at the Jungian Center of Buenos Aires, where she taught symbols, archetypes, comparative mythology, and individuation, explicitly articulating a dialogue between Jung and Kusch.

Her writing, with more than 1 books, —spanning pedagogical, philosophical, anthropological, poetic, and narrative texts—reflects that very same tapestry: a quest to integrate the symbolic dimension, American roots, and the inner experience of the human being. Since 2020, as president of Fundación 1A1 Argentina, she has driven training projects, a culture of peace, and the expansion of consciousness, bringing together in a single vision all that she has been: educator, philosopher, anthropologist, writer, and weaver of worlds.