He holds a PhD in Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).
During more than seven years, he was also teacher and head of the Spanish Department at the Italian Baccalaureate school Colegio Italiano Antonio Raimondi in Lima.
He teaches, as Visiting Lecturer, Literature and Philosophy in the Humanities Graduate Program at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.
Valdivia-Baselli has published numerous essays and poems in various specialized media outlets in Peru, such as Hueso Humero, Evohe and Hydra.
Valdivia-Baselli is currently a member of the organizing committee of the Peruvian Center for Cultural Studies (CPEC - Centro Peruano de Estudios Culturales).