Vivian Doumpa was born in 1986 in Thessaloniki, Greece, where she was trained as a musician until she graduated high-school. She decided to combine her passion for music and arts with that of urbanism, by studying urban and spatial planning (BEng) and urban geography (MSc). She has recently completed a scholarship program on cultural management. She currently works as a creative placemaker, while in the meantime she conducts independent research on issues related to music in public space and busking.