She is a member of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel of the Intergovernmental Science and Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and has been part of the national representation to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research.

[5] Baptiste studied biology at the Pontifical Xavierian University, where she graduated with a thesis on the ecology of fishing in Araracuara, Amazon.

[6][7] As a Fulbright Scholar from 1992 to 1994, she completed a master's degree in tropical conservation and development studies at the University of Florida.

She continued her graduate studies as part of the Russell Train Program of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)[6] at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in Environmental Sciences (Ecological Economics and Natural Resource Management) in 2000.

Her dissertation is titled, "The concept of main ecological structure (EEP in spanish) and its potential as environmental management tool for biodiversity".

From 1991 to 1996, she served as a professor in the Institute of Environmental Studies and Development (IDEADE) at Pontifical University, during which she edited Ambiente y Desarrollo (IDEADE-PUJ).

After 1996, she coordinated the Program for Biodiversity Use and Valuation at the Humboldt Institute and consulted for numerous nonprofits, including WWF Colombia.

[4] In addition to her academic pursuits, Brigitte Baptiste was featured in an episode of "Taboo" by National Geographic Latin America.