Marivi Véliz holds a PhD in Literary, Cultural and Linguistics Studies (University of Miami, 2021) and a BA in Art History (Havana University, 1999), with experience in Cultural Anthropology (2000–2002). In 2003, she moved to Guatemala to work as a contemporary Latin American art lecturer, curator, journalist, and independent researcher in the Central American region. Currently, she is a Visiting Professor at Wichita State University and is working on her book project Healing, Deceleration, and the Digital, which focuses on the connections between the Americas through performance and media studies.