Angelica Bustos

Angélica Denisse Bustos Ibarra serves as the Head of the Academic Peer Tutoring Education Program at the Center for Support to Academic Performance and Vocational Exploration (CARA) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile's Student Health Service. With master's degrees in both Clinical and Educational Psychology, she has been instrumental in shaping student support services since CARA's inception in 2004. Her contributions include developing comprehensive academic support initiatives such as the Peer Education Methodology model, courses on study habits and strategic learning, and workshops focusing on academic skills and self-regulation strategies. Her expertise extends to assessment tools, having led the development of the Center's Vocational Interests Questionnaire and contributed to the Quest-CARA diagnostic instrument. As a co-researcher on Fondecyt Project 1181159, she explores student engagement with institutional academic support services, while her research has been featured in various publications, including the Quality of Education Magazine. Her work focuses on understanding and improving student academic performance, vocational exploration, and institutional support systems in higher education.