Sheila Ferniza Quiroz is an architect (Tec de Monterrey) and urban planner (UANL) with a diploma in Gender Relations from UNAM. She is co-founder of Trama Urbana, a firm with a gender perspective that aims to help more people live well in cities. She has more than 13 years of experience in urban design, planning, participatory processes and placemaking, and has spoken on panels and researched housing, gender, mobility and urban planning. She teaches urbanism and is a member of Pueblo Bicicletero.