Daniela Zaizar Pérez holds a degree in International Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) and a Master's degree in Local Development and Territory from the Universidad de Guadalajara. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Ciudad, Territorio y Sustentabilidad program at the Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño of the same university, within the research line on Habitat, Territorial-Urban Planning and Sustainability, with a focus on water and territory. Her trajectory combines academic research with professional practice across the public sector, private industry, and civil society organizations. She has worked with actors across all three levels of government, academia, and civil society in national and international contexts, with experience in managing citizen participation processes, designing strategic initiatives, and building inter-institutional partnerships. She currently serves as coordinator of the extended technical team at the Dirección de Ordenamiento del Territorio of the Municipality of Guadalajara, where she leads the update of the Municipal Urban Development Program and the Partial Urban Development Plans, including their public participation processes. Her doctoral research, titled Del instrumento al territorio: condiciones de gobernanza para la gestión urbana integral del agua en el Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara, explores the institutional, normative, and symbolic conditions that explain the gap between what planning instruments propose and what actually occurs in the territory. Her research interests include local development, territory, global cities, urban inequality, and human rights, with a gender perspective.