Alejandra Valverde, a Columbian anthropologist and archaeologist, first came to Peru in 2006 to carry out research in the Cordillera Blanca; this became the inspiration for her to write children's literature.
Later, in 2010, she decided to settle and work in Peru, and has been able to comine research, teaching and writing. Her first children's story, entitled "Mallqui mi amiga la mummy" ("Malqui, my friend the mummy"), was presented at the 2016 International Book Fair in Lima. Alejandra is currently a professor at the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences, and at the San Martín de Porres University, where she teaches courses on history, anthropology and cultural heritage.