She did an undergraduate degree at the Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG), Ecuador. She has a masters degree in Building Ecologies and Emerging Technologies from the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), sponsored by Fulbright and SENACYT grants. At Georgia Tech, she participated in research projects related to the development of BIM and a sustainable rating system. She is a qualified LEED AP. She was instructor at the School of Architecture in Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil (Ecuador) and researcher at IPUR (Institute of Urban and Regional Planning).