Rosa Herrero

Edited on 19/03/2026

Rosa Herrero

  • Spain

  • Spanish, English, French
Availability :
Available for Ad-hoc expertise missions

Validated Expert info

Expert can perform Ad hoc expertise missions at network and programme level in relation to:

 

1. The design and delivery of (transnational) exchange and learning activities

 

2. Thematic expertise:
[Climate adaptation; Culture; Mobility; Strategic urban planning; Urban design]

 

3. Methods and tools for integrated and participatory approaches:
> Integrated and participatory design of strategies
> Sustaining stakeholder engagement and translating strategies into actions

 

Summary

Rosa is the founder of RH Design & Planning, an empathy-driven firm championing projects for real change. She is an experienced, trilingual, multidisciplinary designer with more than 14 years of professional experience in France, the USA, and Spain. She has learned by doing in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. She focuses on equitable community engagement,  urban design, city planning, and active transportation. 

  1. Design and Management

    Specialized in a variety of project types, including predevelopment services,  vision studies, tactical urbanism, placemaking, and area and site plans. 

     

  2. Co-creation Processes & Storytelling

    Passion for equitable and approachable community engagement for civic transformation. 

     

  3. Resilient Strategies

    Problem-solving for climate adaptation, changes in priorities or leadership,  from conception to implementation.

 

Relevant project experience: 

Project manager and designer for the Newton Centre Pilot Plaza, co-lead for PLAN: Mattapan, PLAN: Mattapan Public Art Project, and PLAN: East Boston, zoning and planning expert for Plainville eimagining Commercial Areas and Allston/Brighton Mobility Plan, technical expert for the Boston Design Vision, and the Boston Planning Academy.