Professor Oliva is a Professor of Architecture and Environmental Design at LATTC and founder of UCLA Extension Courses: Transforming Community and Design for Social Justice. Professor Oliva is often a presenter for the California Higher Education Sustainable Landscape and serves as a founder and member of multiple organization; STEAM, PANDO Populus, ENCOUNTER LA and UrbanRiver LAbs. Marcela also presents at forums that encompass education, STEAM, technology, innovation, and social justice including the USC "Building Information Modeling, for Executives", International AIA, Caixa Barcelona "Focus the Nation", and the Eureka International Mexico City, "IBCon Intelligent High Performance Building".