Ernesto Bustamante Velarde is a Peruvian and in Peru he studied Environmental Engineering and worked for several years on themes related to extraction industries. Later, he studied for his Masters in Environmental Management in Australia, and when he returned to Peru in 2016 he decided to change his career towards topics about which he was passionate, such as conservation and climate change. After looking for work he had the opportunity to return to Galapagos and represent the Charles Darwin Foundation on Isabela.