She has worked for the Ministry of Justice, Human Rights, and Religion of Ecuador, monitoring Ecuador’s compliance with international obligations before the Inter-American and universal human rights systems. She has given many talks and trainings on gender, human rights fundamentals, international human rights systems, indigenous rights, and human trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation.
Estefanny received her law degree from Catholic Pontifical University (Ecuador) and her Master in International Protection of Human Rights from the University of Alcalá (Spain). She holds a PhD Cum Laude from the University of Alcalá in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies with a thesis on the protection of women trafficking victims of sexual exploitation from a gender perspective.