Tzirath Perez Oteiza, PhD, is a smart city researcher focused on human-centred data. She holds a PhD in data science from Maynooth University in Ireland, where her research developed a computational framework that turns open smart city data into population-level assessments of environmental exposure risk to urban mental wellbeing. Her research has been published through the IEEE International Smart Cities Conference and the ISPRS Archives, and she has written for RTÉ Ireland. She is Director of Innovation and Smart City Strategy at Graves Civic Solutions in Denver. She helps cities turn the data they already collect into decisions that serve urban citizens. Outside of research, Tzirath co-founded and leads Colorado Women in STEM, a community that connects and keeps women in STEM careers.