María Valentina González is the Co-Founder of Paradiso, an organization that constructs urban gardens. Paradiso’s goal is to strengthen the relationship between institutions and communities through public spaces in cities. She is also Director of Design at INCURSIONES, a social initiative that creates new ways to design public spaces. Previously, she worked in the Creative Department for Imaginarios de Venezuela. She received her BA in Architecture from the Universidad Simón Bolívar.