Keila Z. Pérez Quiñones

Keila Zarí Pérez Quiñones holds a MA in Design for Play from the Design School Kolding in Denmark, and a BFA from the School of Fine Arts and Design in Puerto Rico. She specializes in play, social design and participation, and experiments with methods for learning through play to reimagine design education and practices for collective learning. The practical knowledge gained from her experience as a facilitator and designer working internationally in Denmark, Jordan, and Puerto Rico—focused on play, social impact, citizen participation, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals—is central to her work.

She joined the University of Texas at Austin in January 2024, where she teaches Play–design Lab, Participatory Design, Material Explorations, Capstone and Individual Design Projects.