Perla Irasema Rivadeneyra García holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She pursued her Master’s Degree in International Economic Relations at the University of Macerata, completed in 2018, and supported by a scholarship from Confindustria Macerata. In 2022, Perla completed a Ph.D in Quantitative Methods for Economic Policy at the same university, specializing in Spatial Econometrics. She furthered her academic pursuits with a second Master’s Degree in Geospatial Analysis at the University of Padua. Currently, Perla is a Research Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and a Researcher at FEEM contributing to the ADAPT@VE program where she is focusing on spatial analysis.