Lucía Leyton Aracena is a Chilean international relations professional with a master’s degree in International Cooperation, specializing in environmental governance, science diplomacy, and Antarctic affairs.

Her experience spans academic, policy, and institutional settings. She has contributed to multiple research projects on international relations, Asia-Pacific dynamics, public policy, and trade; internship at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile; and held coordination roles at the Institute of International Studies at the University of Chile. In these roles, she worked with international organizations and embassies, supported high-level diplomatic visits, and organized international events. Her academic work includes a comparative analysis of how Norway and Chile implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, using the Antarctic context as an indicator of national policy performance.

Her internship with AnMAP focuses on the identification of policy-relevant science questions and the design of instruments to support international collaboration on chemical monitoring in Antarctica. Her role as an AnMAP intern aligns with her broader interest in strengthening links between scientific knowledge and decision-making in polar governance frameworks.