Daniella holds a Master’s degree in Urban Planning from McGill University, Montreal, Canada and she is currently pursuing a PhD program in Urban Planning at UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her research consists on how to create transdisciplinary awareness, policies and effective interventions at different scales to make urban areas in Latin America more resilient to extreme heat. She is also interested in adapting public transit and active transportation to climate change, and in sustainable urban water management. Before joining IAI, Daniella worked for two Canadian engineering consulting firms dedicated to major transportation infrastructure projects, where she developed skills in project management, bid coordination, feasibility studies and the coordination of multidisciplinary technical teams. Daniella is an IAI STeP Fellow supporting the Coordination of transdisciplinary (TD) research funding on global environmental change (GEC) in the Americas at the IAI Directorate.