Viviana is the co-founder of Huasipichanga, an interdisciplinary collective for urban transformations. Within Huasipichanga, Viviana's focus is on the development of inclusive and child-friendly cities, sharing and developing tools to include kids in decision-making processes.
Viviana’s background is in law and urban management, she has experience in legal and policy advisory in the public sector in Latin America, as well as leading civil organizations for the transformation of public space.
Currently, she is based in Rotterdam, where she actively collaborates in networks such as The City at Eye Level for Kids, Placemaking Europe, and Trust in Play: European School of Urban Game Design. She is also a researcher at Erasmus Research & Business Support, ERBS, where her main focus is on evaluations of Dutch international cooperation programs in developing countries for public infrastructure, development, and trade.