I am a Mexican-trained professional with over two decades of global experience across agronomy, landscape ecology, and landscape architecture. My career began with a focus on sustainable agriculture, leading to organic farming work in Kenya. Upon returning to Mexico, I split my time between a sustainable food production program and managing an ornamental plant nursery—a dual role that naturally launched my career in landscape design. Blending agricultural production with landscape design shifted my perspective on ecological connectivity. Seeking to deepen this expertise, I moved to England to earn a master's degree in landscape ecology, synthesizing my hands-on experience with advanced ecological science.
My career evolved soon into an international journey across Europe and the United States. Upon returning to Mexico in 2006 I connected with a group of innovative minds who shared a passion for integrating nature into built environments. Together, we began designing vertical gardens and co-founded Verde360, a pioneering landscape design practice in Mexico City.
Over the following years, I traveled back and forth between California and Mexico, collaborating on residential garden designs and urban agriculture initiatives. My curiosity about the Bay Area’s unique environmental scene led me to study landscape architecture at a local community college.
There, I discovered a profound passion for the learning-teaching environment, which ultimately led to a faculty adjunct position. Until the end of 2021, I proudly taught and coordinated the Urban Agroecology certificate program. Today, family circumstances have brought me back to Europe. I now live in Zurich, Switzerland together with my Swiss husband and one of our sons. Since 2024 I have been channeling my expertise into the Swiss Alps, managing two seasonal summer vegetable gardens for the Hauser Hotel in St. Moritz, adapting sustainable agricultural practices to the unique challenges of the Swiss Alpine environment.