Maritza lives in Como and is responsible for the management of the Italian location. She graduated from the “Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio" in 2012 and continued her education by completing a PhD in History of Urbanism in 2019. The combination of different cultural backgrounds -Italian, Swiss and English- and her academic experience allowed her to achieve a broad and critical perspective on the discipline of architecture, which can be understood in the constant search for a balance between the theoretical and practical field. The need for research was established during her university years and is still an integral part of her work. Maritza’s main interests focus on design in the urban and agricultural spheres as well as constant urban-historical research work. In 2022, she founded, together with academic colleagues, the SED ETIAM collective: a tink-thank dealing with issues related to theoretical, historical and contemporary architecture.