Felipe Valdez, Ph.D.
Intercultural urban and economic geographer with more than 12 years of experience in higher education and academic research. Dedicated to the application of Geographic Information Systems and open geospatial data to develop urban planning solutions for sustainable futures based on collective action.I have worked in public institutions at the national level in Ecuador, for 10 years as a professor and researcher in undergraduate and graduate programs in Ecuador, and as a consultant on projects. Currently, I am the Geographic Information Systems specialist at the Temple University library in Philadelphia. My educational and professional experience in Ecuador, France and the United States gave me a strong commitment with equity, diversity, and inclusion.
In my work, I combine my passion for teaching everyone to use maps and data as forms of communication, and my desire to build more equitable and just societies.