Advisor to the Ministry of Development and Housing of the Federal District Government of Mexico City, she has been a member of the General Directorate of Development of the Advisory Council for Urban Development of the City. She is a professor at the Yale School of Architecture and has taught at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD), the AA Association in London and Columbia University's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), among others.

Her work has been published in The New York Times, A+U and Domus. She has received numerous awards from the world of architecture, including the 2012 Kunstpreis Berlin, the 2020 Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal and the 2019 Marcus Prize.