Geographer with a focus on cities from the University of Bremen, Germany, and Master of Science in Urban Development and Urban Design from the HafenCity Universität in Hamburg, Germany. Currently a PhD candidate in Urbanism at the University of Bío-Bío in Concepción, Chile. Professor and director of the Institute of Urbanism and Territory at the University of Piura, Peru. Local coordinator of the "mgi global Smart Cities Initiative" in Piura and researcher "Dynamics of innovation ecosystems Piura". She was research manager at ECE Projectmanagement; consultant in Urbanism and housing in Hamburg, Germany; and technical advisor at the German Cooperation (giz). Founder of #FuturoPiura, a platform that encourages citizen participation in urban planning in Piura.