Carolina Fernández is an Industrial Designer with a Master’s in Transport Engineering and ongoing doctoral studies in Civil Engineering at the National University of Colombia. She specializes in equitable accessibility, active mobility, shared bicycle systems, transport emissions analysis, and gender-responsive mobility planning, with professional experience spanning organizations such as NUMO, CAF, the World Bank, C40, and Purdue University. Her work focuses on the Latin American context, where she applies mixed-methods approaches and data analysis tools  to support sustainable urban transport projects. Carolina is the recipient of the 2024 Marble Fund Award from the American Association of Geographers and has been awarded multiple scholarships by the Transport Studies Unit at the University of Oxford. She has been involved in gender-focused initiatives promoting cycling among women in Bogotá. Her research has been presented at international conferences including ITEA, NECTAR, and PANAM, and she is the developer of VulnerApp, a platform for assessing socio-spatial vulnerability in public transport accessibility.