Ana María Armijos currently is the executive director of the Metropolitan Institute of Patrimony in Quito. She led the team responsible for the conceptualization and mounting of the Museum of the City, Quito. In 2009, she became executive director of the Foundation Museums of the City, an institution that administrates several museums: the Museum of the City, Yaku Water Museum, the Interactive Museum of Science and the Contemporary Art Centre. She holds a B.A. in liberal arts, with a specialization in art history from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and a specialization in museum studies from the Universitá Internazionale del 'Arte, Firenze. Italy.