Dení’s research focuses on disaster risk management, particularly on alternate forms of planning and governance in marginalized communities prone to socio-environmental threats. Her work has been published in The Plan Journal, as well as independent publications from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Planning. She has also collaborated with firms architectural such as Estudio Lamela and JSa in Mexico City.

Dení holds a Master in Design Studies (Risk and Resilience) and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture (with merit diploma) from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.