Her work centres on the intersection of water systems and urban design. In recognition of this focus, she received the Druker Traveling Fellowship from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2010. She was Design Director and Technical Coordinator of the UNAM project Hydropuncture in Mexico City, which received the Global Holcim Awards Gold in 2018 and the Holcim Awards Gold for Latin America in 2017. The project was praised by the jury for “foregrounding an extremely important challenge for contemporary and future society”.

Loreta previously served as Chair of the Holcim Foundation Awards 2020 jury for Latin America and returned as a jury member in 2025. She was also a Motivator at the Holcim Foundation Next Generation Awards Lab 2018 in Mexico City and a workshop presenter at the 6th Holcim Forum 2019.

In 2010, she co-founded Taller Capital with José Ambrosi. The practice focuses on housing and public infrastructure projects that address systemic urban challenges. Their work has received national and international recognition, including the MCHAP.emerge Award (IIT Chicago), the Architectural League of New York Emerging Voices Award and the Ibero-American Architecture Biennial.

Loreta teaches at Estudio RX within UNAM’s Faculty of Architecture and has served as a visiting professor across Latin America, Europe and the United States. Her work has been featured in international media including The New York Times and El País, and she has authored essays published globally.

She graduated Suma Cum Laude in architecture from UNAM (2004), holds a Master of Architecture from the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (2004), and earned a Master of Architecture in Urban Design with Distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2010).