Doctor of Engineering and Science, Master of Design, Education, and Technology, and Industrial Designer. Associate Professor in the Design Department at Tecnologico de Monterrey and researcher at the Educational Technology Research Unit of the Institute for the Future of Education. Founding member of the Inter-University Design Workshop in Mexico City and peer reviewer of Design Programs in Mexico for COMAPROD. Author of various academic research projects on education and digital platform design, as well as accessibility and universal design projects for the public and private sectors. Speaker at national and international forums and author of various indexed publications on open education and inclusive digital educational platform design. Her areas of research interest are Design Methodologies, Design for Inclusion, and Educational Technology. She has conducted research stays at institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), RWTH Aachen University (Germany), University of Leeds (United Kingdom), and Chiba University (Japan). She belongs to various international research networks such as the Knowledge Equity Network and the Systemic Design Association. She is also a member of the Mexican Council for Educational Research and belongs to the National System of Researchers (SNII) in Mexico, at Candidate level.
i.alvarezicaza@tec.mx
