Luis is currently a Teaching Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design and is pursuing a Ph.D. in Transition Design. He is an Ecuadorian designer interested in the intersection of design and the public sector. He seeks to understand how designers could be better prepared to engage in Latin American public sector processes and support the development of contextually appropriate solutions.

He has worked for the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia (CEDIA) and the German Cooperation Agency GIZ, supporting two open innovation processes focused on sustainable urban mobility with national reach. In 2019, he was part of a multidisciplinary team that monitored and proposed solutions for a new public bike-sharing system in Cuenca, Ecuador. Lately, he has been part of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) through the Research Jam program. The program collaborates with community members, patients, care providers, and other researchers using people-centered design research to improve health research, services, and quality of life.

As a Fulbright scholar, Luis studied an MFA focused on Design Research and Strategy from Indiana University, Indianapolis, and has a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Cuenca. While an undergraduate student, Luis was part of the university Honors Program, coordinated in collaboration with KULeuven, a multidisciplinary initiative that offered students dedicated training in scientific research approaches and methods.