{"id":4716,"date":"2025-10-16T03:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=4716"},"modified":"2025-10-16T03:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T03:25:53","slug":"monica-zurita-vivero","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/monica-zurita-vivero\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u00f3nica Zurita Vivero"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"3\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2361\" height=\"2267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foto_MoniZurita-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foto_MoniZurita-1.jpg 2361w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foto_MoniZurita-1-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foto_MoniZurita-1-1024x983.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foto_MoniZurita-1-768x737.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foto_MoniZurita-1-1536x1475.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Foto_MoniZurita-1-2048x1966.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2361px) 100vw, 2361px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>M\u00f3nica Zurita Vivero<\/strong><br>Digital Government Director, City of Quito<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"6\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00f3nica Zurita Vivero is an Ecuadorian engineer and public servant. She currently serves as the Digital Government Director of the city of Quito. There, she led the city validation under ITU Y.4903 standard, as well as the implementation of digital and data-driven initiatives. Moreover, she worked for the Ecuadorian Telecommunications Ministry for 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a strong educational background, M\u00f3nica holds a Major in Communications and Electronics from the Instituto Politecnico Nacional (Mexico). She earned a Master&#8217;s degree in ICT Convergence from Soongsil University&nbsp; (South Korea) and a Master&#8217;s degree in Public Policy from Universidad de Chile (Chile).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00f3nica&#8217;s expertise lies in leveraging technology to improve public services and governance. Her work has focused on enhancing the efficiency and transparency of government operations, ultimately benefiting the citizens of Quito<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"1\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/organization-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1460\" style=\"width:74px;height:74px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Affiliation<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Affliation-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1459\" style=\"width:72px;height:72px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Profession<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"2\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>City of Quito<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Digital Government Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=1462\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"standards4dt\"><strong>See all speakers &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4716","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}