Leiqui is a graduate in documentary filmmaking of the International Film and Television School of San Antonio de los Baños, (EICTV), Cuba, and has extensive experience in audiovisual production and production.
Over the course of her career she has prioritised training for other Indigenous directors, participating in the Wayuu Media School “Jayariyu Farías Montiel” and promoting the first Indigenous Cinema Training Lab in Colombia, the “WayuuLab”, which took place in Wayuu territory in 2019. She was part of the curatorial team for the 59th and 60th Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) where she organised a Showcase of Indigenous Cinema Indigenous Film Showcase. She is General Director of the Wayuu Cinema and Video Showcase and is also co-founder of the International Indigenous Film Showcase of Venezuela (MICIV).