Professor Nora A. Morales Zaragoza is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Cuajimalpa Campus with the project: Agency and participatory mapping: convivial tools for territorial intelligence and collective actions.

She holds a Master's degree in Information Design from the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla. She studied at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. She is a Professor at the Department of Theory and Processes of Design at Cuajimalpa Campus at the UAM, where she teaches courses in the Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Information and Communication Design [MADIC].

She is a member of the Image, Technology, Culture, and Art Research Group of the Communication and Design Sciences Division and collaborates in the Socio-territorial Analysis Laboratory [LAST] of Social Sciences and Humanities at Unidad Cuajimalpa.

Her research focuses on spatio-temporal data visualization, visual narratives, and participatory design methods for knowledge management and innovation. She is a member of the National Network of Design Researchers and the Techno-Anthropology Group.