Katarzyna Piotrowska obtained a doctoral degree in architecture and urban planning in the field of landscape architecture at the Kraków University of Technology and a master's degree in the same field at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. She started her professional career in 1999 in the Centre for the Protection of Historic Landscapes in Warsaw, which she continued in the National Institute of Cultural Heritage. She was responsible, among other issues, for implementation of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, heading the Centre for World Heritage as well as representing Poland in the World Heritage Committee during Poland’s term of office. Currently, she works for Kraków Municipality as deputy director of the Department of Culture and National Heritage.