Hinojosa-Hinojosa, Karen

Karen Hinojosa Hinojosa holds a master's degree in architectural design from the University of Navarra and a doctorate in architecture and urban affairs from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León. Her expertise focuses on cities and public space with an emphasis on inclusion, sustainability, and participatory processes. She is an associate professor at the School of Architecture, Art, and Design at the Tecnológico de Monterrey and the National Director of its Urbanism Program. She is a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, a citizen advisor to the Government of Nuevo León, and a collaborating researcher at the Early Childhood Center of the Femsa Foundation and the Tecnológico de Monterrey. She belongs to the International Association of Urbanists and the Mexican Association of Architects and Urbanists. She is a co-founder of Trama Urbana, an urban consultancy that seeks to improve the quality of life in cities. Through her multifaceted roles as an educator, researcher, advocate, and consultant, Karen Hinojosa champions sustainable and inclusive practices for present and future generations.

Karen Hinojosa Hinojosa is an Architect by Tecnologico de Monterrey. In 2010, she obtained a Master's degree in Architectural Design from the University of Navarra. She was a fellow in the Business Initiation Program at the same university in 2011, and a Conacyt fellow in the Doctorate in Philosophy with Orientation in Architecture and Urban Affairs at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2020. She has international diplomas and courses in sustainable urban growth, social economy, participatory architecture, among others. Her expertise is in the fields of architecture, urban sociology, public space and educational innovation. She currently works as a full-time professor at the School of Architecture, Art and Design of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, serving as the national leader of academic aspects of the BA in urban planning. Her commitment to educational innovation led her to participate between 2014 and 2018 in the Citylab project: engaging students with sustainable cities in Latin-America. The project consolidated a network of university professors from Europe and Latin America linking their teaching practice to real urban problems. Her teaching work has been recognized with the award for inspiring professor from Tecnológico de Monterrey in 2015 and 2020, as well as the Circle of Distinguished Professors program. She is an attached member of the Sustainable Territorial Development research and strategic focus group since 2018, where she conducts research at the national and international level. She has developed architectural projects in Mexico and Spain, and participated as a technical leader in urban consulting projects with the C + lab North Region, among which are the projects Environment Architecture and Revitalizing neighborhoods through schools.