Diploma in Education through Art

| Dr. Pablo Sebastián

Professor of History and Art at the University of Piura. He holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Valencia (Spain) for his dissertation, "Epistolary Relationship between the Painters Ricardo Flórez and Felipe Cossío: Two Processes of Estrangement in Contemporary Peruvian Painting." He has served as Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Piura and as Director of the Department of History and Art at the same institution.

| Igor Antonissen, M.Sc.

She studied at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at Ghent University, Belgium, where she earned a Master's degree in History (2008). She then pursued further studies in teacher training at the same university (2009). She is currently a doctoral candidate in Humanities at the University of Piura. Between 2011 and 2018, she taught undergraduate and graduate courses in art history, culture, and aesthetics at the Peruvian University of Art ORVAL. Since 2017, she has been a professor in the Department of History and Art at the University of Piura, and since 2023, she has served as Director of the Graduate Studies Unit in the Faculty of Humanities at the same institution.

| Dr. Maria Inés Migliaccio

Journalist and philosopher. Since 2014, she has been a professor at the Centro Universitário Belas Artes in São Paulo, Brazil, where she teaches Anthropology, Aesthetics, and Communication to students in various programs, including Visual Arts, Design, International Relations, Animation, Sound Recording, Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising and Public Relations, and Radio and Television. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Institute for Business and Humanism at the University of Navarra. She has also completed postgraduate studies in sociology and anthropology at King's College London.

| Dr. Jorge Sebastián

With a PhD in Art History (2005), he was a professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Valencia from 2000 to 2003 and again since 2014. His research spans diverse fields. He dedicated his doctoral thesis to the visual representation of gender in the Hispanic Monarchy during the Early Modern period, publishing several articles and essays on the subject. He also researches the Italian painter Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625). In addition, he has taught numerous courses on digital humanities, particularly on the application of ICT to the study and dissemination of historical heritage. He has also organized numerous exhibitions and conferences on contemporary art. From 2007 to 2014, he was the director of the Mainel Foundation, coordinating international development cooperation projects and cultural programs. Since November 2020, he has served as president of the Foundation.

| Dr. María Yolanda Espiña

With a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Navarra and a Higher Diploma in Piano Performance, she is a tenured professor of Aesthetics. She taught at the Catholic University of Portugal until joining the University of Piura in 2018. She pursued doctoral studies in Germany (Munich, with research at the Bochum/Hegel Archive and Hagen) and postdoctoral studies in Barcelona. She worked as a researcher at the John Cage Trust (New York). She was a Lady Davis Fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A visiting professor at the Universities of Valladolid, São Paulo, La Sabana, Vigo, Navarra, and Porto, she has published extensively in the fields of philosophy of art, political thought, and contemporary philosophy. She has coordinated several competitively funded national and international research projects, focusing, among other topics, on the intersections between contemporary thought and avant-garde artistic creation.

| Dr. Magaly Labán

She has completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the National University of San Marcos, where she earned a Doctorate in Art History (2021) and a Master's degree in Peruvian and Latin American Art with a specialization in Art History (2017). She studied at the National Autonomous Higher School of Fine Arts of Peru, obtaining a Professional Title in Visual Arts with a specialization in Painting (2008), followed by a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts (2012). She completed a Diploma in Art Education at Ricardo Palma University – José María Arguedas National School of Folklore (2008). She is an assistant professor in the Department of Art at the National University of San Marcos. She has worked in universities, institutes, and in primary and secondary education, as well as teaching art and painting workshops. She was a finalist in the Art in Freedom – Mapfre Competition (2008).

| Mgtr. Aldo Del Valle

He has completed undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Art of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, where he obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in Painting (1993), Education studies at the San Ignacio de Loyola University, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree (2009), and postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at the National University of San Marcos, where he obtained a Master's degree in Peruvian and Latin American Art (2020).

Between 2012 and 2016, she taught courses in graphic techniques, illustration, perspective, and artistic drawing (undergraduate level) at the Peruvian University of Art ORVAL. Between 2017 and 2019, she taught in the Interior Design program at SENCICO. Since 2020, she has been a professor at the Peruvian Institute of Art and Design (IPAD).

| Mgtr. Giuliana Baanante

She works as a lecturer in the Humanities Department at the University of Piura, teaching Art History, History and Culture, Visual and Plastic Arts, Art Appreciation, and Postmodern Art. An architect by training, she holds a Master's degree in Advanced Studies in Art History from the University of Barcelona. She completed an internship at the photographic archive of the Royal Catalan Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi (Barcelona). Her research interests include the relationship between art and visual culture, art and the city, image and memory in relation to the work of Aby Warburg, and the iconological method for analyzing works of art.

| Ms. Roxana Hernández

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Educational Sciences and a Master's degree in Education with a specialization in History from the University of Piura. She is also a doctoral candidate in Education at the same institution. She has completed doctoral studies in Educational Theories (PUCP) and postgraduate studies in Virtual Tutor Training at Cayetano Heredia University. She has diplomas in School Educational Organization Management, Higher Education Management, and Higher Education Training and Development, all from PUCP. She specializes in the Design of Learning Experiences in Social Sciences, Design and Evaluation in a Competency-Based Approach, Neuroscience and Education, Neuroleadership, and Project-Based Learning. She was a participant in the first cohort of the WISE Women in Entrepreneurship Program, a joint initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Telefónica Open Future, and the University of Piura Hub (UDEP) in 2019. She was an invited speaker at TEDx GRAU (2014) on the topic of "Critical Thinking and Social Sciences in Education.".

Professor of World History at the Diplomatic Academy Foundation of Peru and the University of Piura. Specialist editor at Santillana Publishing House, trainer in the Social Sciences Area for the UGEL of the Piura region, consultant for the MINEDU in the implementation of tablets in non-connectivity mode and design of Learning Experiences in the DPCC Area.

| Ms. María del Pilar Riofrio

Master's degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University (USA). Bachelor's degree in History and Cultural Management from the University of Piura. She is currently the director of the Central Museum – MUCEN and a professor in the Master's Program in Cultural Management at the University of Piura. She published the "Sustainability Agenda for Museums and Exhibition Centers in Lima," published by the Lima Art Museum in 2019.