Experience

Placemaking Europe

• Netherlands
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  The network for placemaking in Europe, creating better cities together The network for placemaking in Europe, creating better cities together



Vigla

• Spain
• Research Services

• Founder

  • May 2022 - Present

  Research and action to shape the future | Vigla is an applied research team for the transformation of the city and territory around public spaces and people through their dreams, demands, and data. Research and action to shape the future | Vigla is an applied research team for the transformation of the city and territory around public spaces and people through their dreams, demands, and data.



AIVP - The Worldwide Network of Port Cities

• Member of the Board of Directors

  • Jun 2019 - Jun 2020

  Board member of AIVP, representing La Marina de València. Board member of AIVP, representing La Marina de València.



La Marina de València

• Spain
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Strategy and Financial Officer

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2020

  Valencia’s waterfront redevelopment agency.

• Chief Strategy Officer

  • May 2016 - Oct 2017

  Valencia’s waterfront redevelopment agency.



Urbego

• Think Tanks

• Co-founder and Vice President

  • 2012 - 2019

  An international network of urban professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life in cities through active participation, co-creation and knowledge sharing. An international network of urban professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life in cities through active participation, co-creation and knowledge sharing.



Western Sydney University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society

  • Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

  Working on the Young Engaged Policy project, which looked directly at the question of what youth-engaged policy would look like and how it can be achieved. Working on the Young Engaged Policy project, which looked directly at the question of what youth-engaged policy would look like and how it can be achieved.



University of Valencia

• Higher Education

• Researcher

  • Feb 2014 - Apr 2016

  Part-time researcher at ECONCULT, the Cultural Economics and Tourism research unit. I worked in the framework of the nationally funded project Innova about innovation, creativity, culture, and urban governance.

• Guest Lecturer

  • 2012 - 2016

  Teaching two post-graduate courses: ‘Participatory Local Governance’ and ‘Advanced Tourism Policy’, and many lectures at the architecture, geography, and economics faculties.



L'Ambaixada Estudi de Ciutat

• Urban economist

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2016

  A multidisciplinary think-do-tank of urban planning and local development. A multidisciplinary think-do-tank of urban planning and local development.



FLACSO Ecuador

• Ecuador
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Sep 2015 - Nov 2015

  Visiting researcher at the Department of Public Issues. Recipient of Banco Santander’s Ibero-America Young Lecturers and Researchers Programme Grant. Visiting researcher at the Department of Public Issues. Recipient of Banco Santander’s Ibero-America Young Lecturers and Researchers Programme Grant.



Cien Pies

• Spain
• Retail

• Co-founder and Development Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Feb 2014

  A social start-up that provided walking bus schemes to schools and municipalities. Incubated by UEIA (the first Spanish social enterprises accelerator) and awarded with the Spanish Social Entrepreneurs Prize. A social start-up that provided walking bus schemes to schools and municipalities. Incubated by UEIA (the first Spanish social enterprises accelerator) and awarded with the Spanish Social Entrepreneurs Prize.



Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador - Sede Esmeraldas

• Visiting Researcher

  • Mar 2012 - Apr 2012

  Working together with UNDP, I proposed a governance framework to take advantage of informal entrepreneurial activities in public space to foster spatial cohesion and balance geographical inequalities in the city of Esmeraldas. Working together with UNDP, I proposed a governance framework to take advantage of informal entrepreneurial activities in public space to foster spatial cohesion and balance geographical inequalities in the city of Esmeraldas.



Nosholto

• Spain

• Researcher

  • Dec 2009 - Jul 2010

  Nosholto was a consulting firm focused on social and economic analysis and policy design. Nosholto was a consulting firm focused on social and economic analysis and policy design.