
ABOUT ME

Hello! ✨ My name is Liliana Valverde-Caballero, and I am a Peruvian urban architect and content creator passionate about research in 🚶♂️ Sustainable Transport, 🏙️ Urban-Rural Planning, and 🤝 Citizen Participation, key aspects for improving our cities. Throughout my career, I have worked in territorial analysis and urban mobility, participating in projects related to land-use planning, tactical urbanism, and sustainable mobility in collaboration with public and private institutions.
As the co-founder and CEO of 🚀 Pulsessence Travelers, I lead a company specialized in logistics and advisory services for academic travel, promoting learning, research, and knowledge dissemination.
In parallel, I develop 🎨 creative content and cultural dissemination projects through ✨ Esencia de Iris, a space where I blend digital art, illustration, and audiovisual storytelling inspired by Quechua culture.
I have expertise in 🗺️ GIS (ArcGIS/QGIS) and 🎬 Adobe Suite, integrating research with visual communication to create an impact on urbanism and sustainable mobility in Peru and Latin America.

PROJECTS
EXPERIENCE & PUBLICATIONS
21/07/2023 – 21/12/2023 Lima, Peru
Training and technical assistance coordinator in urban planning
Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento del Perú
Training, Technical Assistance, and Technical Opinion in the Direccion de Ordenamiento e Integración de Centros Poblados, with responsibilities such as the territorial analysis of continuous settlements like regional metropolis, cities, and towns within the Sistema de Ciudades y Centros Poblados - SICCEP. I was involved in organizing and developing events such as the Pact for Decent Housing and planning for the National Urban
Forum 2024.
02/2023 – 05/2023 Arequipa, Peru
Consultant of urban projects and infrastructure
Reverso SAC Arequipa
Member of the multidisciplinary consulting team of the company Reverso SAC, providing advice on urban infrastructure projects in the development of the Institutional Strategic Plan for the Regional Government of Arequipa.
04/2022 – 08/2022 Arequipa, Peru
Technical assistant in project management
Municipalidad Distrital De Alto Selva Alegre
Technical Assistant in Urban Development Management with responsibilities such as the preparation of Technical Reports and management of documents related to Construction Permits.
04/2021 – 07/2021 Arequipa, Peru
Urban Mobility project assistant
Anidare Arquitectura y Urbanismo Educativo
Technical assistance to the Anidare project “Arequipa Walk” for the improvement of pedestrian spaces through tactical urbanism in the Historic Center of Arequipa.
12/2020 – 01/2021 Arequipa, Peru
Urban administrative assistant
Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa
Administrative Inventory and design of public spaces located in the Historic Center and Monumental Zone of Arequipa.
09/2020 – 12/2020 Arequipa, Peru
Assistant of architectural design and research
Estudio 11 Arquitectura
Pre-professional practices as technical assistant in architecture and research, involved in designing, drawing, and supporting architectural and research projects of the firm.
04/2020 – 08/2020 Arequipa, Peru
Internship as an assistant of public space projects
Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa
Job at the Historic Center and Monumental Zone Management of the Provincial Municipality of Arequipa. Involved in designing cycle routes and CAD drawings of Moving Markets Distribution Plans.
12/2017 – 04/2018 Virginia, United States
Housekeeper
Great Wolf Lodge
Work experience in the USA to improve English language skills with native speakers. Volunteering
11/03/2024 – 16/03/2024 Madre de Dios, Peru
Volunteer English Spanish Translator
International Medical Relief
Helping in the translation of English-Spanish from health providers to indigenous people that live in the forest of Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios.
10/2021 – 12/2023 Arequipa - Peru
Southern Director of Volunteers
Red Arquitectura Peru
Red Arquitectura Perú is a social collective comprising young architects and students. This collective is committed to promoting urban-architectural events and academic tourism in Peru.
08/2020 – 08/2023 Lima, Peru
Research Project Volunteer
Ciencia Ciudadana Perú
Volunteering in the research project “Bees in my city - Lima” by the non-profit organization “Ciencia Ciudadana Perú” (Citizen Science Peru).
12/2021 – 07/2022 Arequipa - Peru
Research Assistant Volunteer
Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa
Volunteer in the development of scenarios and strategic objectives for the new Concerted Development Plan of Arequipa.
21/11/2019 – 09/12/2019 Arequipa - Peru
Coorganizer and Director of Volunteers
Kinsa Pacha
Kinsa Pacha (Three Worlds): Third meeting of artistic expressions and peruvian identity organized by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa with the participation of national and regional representatives in painting, literature, jazz, music, theater, cinema, and dance.
Research Paper
Walkability Index for World Heritage Cities in Developing Countries
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 2024
https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241250265
Conference Co-author
Allin Kawsay: A Walking Experience Engaging Quechua Communities in Cusco, Perú
23th Conference Walk21 Kigali 2023
https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/public/4387/submission/66
Conference Co-author
Study of the wealth of bees in the urban areas of Lima - Peru through citizen participation
I Congress of Citizen Science 2021
Research Paper Conference Co-author
Smart tools to assessment the livability of commercial streets - IEEE
2nd Sustainable Cities Latin America Conference (SCLA 2021)
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9540156
Conference Co-author
Intelligent analysis of active mobility patterns to build more human public spaces in the Historic Center of Arequipa
III Forum Cities like We Go 2021
Conference Book
Photo Essay: Windows, Holes, and Non-Places
5th International Forum of Urban Interventions in Peru 2020