Vera Mulyani is an Indonesian-born, French-raised architect, filmmaker, children's author, as well as Founder and CEO of Mars City Design, a collaborative platform created to explore the concept of livability and sustainability on Mars as well as Earth. She has been called a Marschitect. Mulyani was born in Indonesia and earned a master's degree in Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design from Ecole d'Architecture de Nantes, in France before moving to the United States. She founded Mars City Design in 2015.