Maria Jose (Mache) Treviño Gonzalez

Background

Maria Jose (Mache) Treviño Gonzalez has over 20 years of experience as a facilitator and consultant. Her work bridges experiential learning, social justice, and community development across Latin America and the UK, with projects addressing diverse topics such as inclusion, gender-based violence prevention, and wellbeing. Internationally, Mache has mentored educators, developed hybrid and online learning strategies, and convened regional and global conferences.

Mache holds a BSc in Psychology, an MA in Humanistic Psychology, and a second MA in Outdoor and Experiential Learning.

As a Lecturer and Programme Manager of the MA in Outdoor Education at UWTSD, Mache continues striving for educational innovation and expanding the horizons for outdoor practice, reflecting her commitment to equity, inclusion, and wellbeing through experiential learning, and to building stronger connections between academic research, professional practice, and community development.

Specialist Subjects

Experiential and outdoor learning; creativity and play in education
Therapeutic and well-being approaches to the outdoors
Community development, social inclusion, and social justice
Educational innovation, curriculum design, and hybrid learning
Person-centred and humanistic psychology; facilitation and educator mentoring

Professional and/or Research Experience

Mache Treviño has over 20 years’ experience as an experiential facilitator, consultant, and researcher. She has led educational programming, training and participatory social impact evaluations in sectors such as health, outdoor education, and sustainability, while also lecturing in Outdoor and Adventure Education at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UK) and developing curricula for postgraduate programmes in Mexico. Her work integrates humanistic psychology, creativity, and experiential methods to address issues of equity, social inclusion, and wellbeing. She has mentored educators internationally, designed innovative hybrid and online learning strategies, and convened regional and international experiential education conferences. With her work as lecturer and dissertation supervisor, she continues to link research and practice through projects that expand access to the outdoors and experiential learning for diverse communities.

Qualifications

BSc in Psychology (Universidad Regiomontana, Mexico)
MA in Humanistic Psychology (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico)
MA in Outdoor and Experiential Learning (University of Cumbria, UK)

Languages Spoken

Spanish, English

Professional Membership or Roles

Association for Experiential Education - International Member

Institute of Outdoor Learning - Member

Association for Outdoor Therapy - Member

Adventure Therapy International Committee (now IAAANT) - Mexico country representative

Academic Teaching

Outdoor Education (MA)

External Recognition or Rewards

2024 Karl Rohnke Creativity Award (Association for Experiential Education)
2018 Michael Stratton Practitioner of the Year Award (Association for Experiential Education)

Link to Orcid Profile

ORCID Research profile

Professional Publications

Wild, I. R., Treviño Gonzalez, M. J. and Williams, A. (2025) ‘Queering adventure: building communities outdoors to combat social and environmental injustice’, Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, pp. 1–22. doi: 10.1080/14729679.2025.2486841.
Treviño Gonzalez, M.J. (2022). Bringing Adventure to your Classroom: A Handbook Sharing Action Research and Activities Implemented by Teachers from Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico. MA Dissertation. University of Cumbria. Available at: https://bit.ly/handbookadventure
Levin, M., Arellano, L. & Treviño, M.J. (2015) Actividades Experienciales para un Mundo Mejor, CreateSpace. U.S.A.
Treviño Gonzalez, M.J. (2012) ‘The facilitating environment of play, promoting social change’, Prometeo, 65.
Treviño Gonzalez, M.J. (2011) ‘Magic within encounter: equality among differences’, Prometeo, 59.