Juan is a founding member of Fundación ProAves and has more than 25 years of field experience in ornithology and bird conservation: for 3 years he directed the study of the Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorynchus icterotis) in the central mountain range, led 8 years tours with foreigners Throughout Colombia, he has been working for 4 years in the Migratory Bird Project in the El Pangán and Reinita Cielo Azul Proaves Reserves, and a year as deputy director of the Caribbean Regional. In addition, he is a bird guide and owner of the Birding Colombia company.