diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page.tsx
index 20f77f0..676a555 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,5 @@
-import { getI18n } from "@/i18n/server"
+import { redirect } from "next/navigation"
 
-import NewUserForm from "../_components/new.user.form"
-
-export default async function NewUserPage() {
-  const { dictionary } = await getI18n()
-  const copy = dictionary.admin.users
-
-  return (
-    <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
-      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4">
-        <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold">{copy.new.title}</h1>
-      </div>
-      <NewUserForm
-        formCopy={copy.form}
-        schemaCopy={{ ...copy.schema, ...dictionary.inventory.people.schema }}
-        roleLabels={copy.roles}
-        departmentCopy={dictionary.inventory.people.departments}
-        fallbackCopy={dictionary.inventory.people.fallback}
-        submitButtonCopy={dictionary.common.submitButton}
-      />
-    </div>
-  )
+export default function NewUserPage() {
+  redirect("/people/new")
 }
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/people/_components/new.person.form.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/_components/new.person.form.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bcd7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/_components/new.person.form.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+"use client"
+
+import { zodResolver } from "@hookform/resolvers/zod"
+import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
+import { useMemo } from "react"
+import type { UseFormRegisterReturn } from "react-hook-form"
+import { useForm } from "react-hook-form"
+import { toast } from "sonner"
+import { createPersonUserAction } from "@/actions/person.actions"
+import {
+  SubmitButton,
+  type SubmitButtonCopy,
+} from "@/components/forms/submitButton"
+import { PERSON_DEPARTMENTS } from "@/lib/constants"
+import {
+  buildUnifiedCreateSchema,
+  type UnifiedCreateFormType,
+  type UnifiedSchemaCopy,
+} from "@/schemas/user.schema"
+
+import {
+  formatPersonDepartment,
+  type PersonDepartmentCopy,
+  type PersonFallbackCopy,
+  type UserFormCopy,
+  type UserRoleCopy,
+} from "./user.copy"
+
+export default function NewUserForm({
+  formCopy,
+  schemaCopy,
+  roleLabels,
+  departmentCopy,
+  fallbackCopy,
+  submitButtonCopy,
+}: {
+  formCopy: UserFormCopy
+  schemaCopy: UnifiedSchemaCopy
+  roleLabels: UserRoleCopy
+  departmentCopy: PersonDepartmentCopy
+  fallbackCopy: PersonFallbackCopy
+  submitButtonCopy: SubmitButtonCopy
+}) {
+  const router = useRouter()
+  const schema = useMemo(
+    () => buildUnifiedCreateSchema(schemaCopy),
+    [schemaCopy],
+  )
+  const {
+    register,
+    handleSubmit,
+    watch,
+    setError,
+    formState: { errors, isSubmitting, isSubmitSuccessful },
+  } = useForm<UnifiedCreateFormType>({
+    resolver: zodResolver(schema),
+    defaultValues: {
+      role: "STAFF",
+      isActive: true,
+    },
+  })
+
+  const selectedRole = watch("role")
+  const showPassword = selectedRole !== "NO_USER"
+
+  const onSubmit = async (formData: UnifiedCreateFormType) => {
+    const response = await createPersonUserAction(formData)
+
+    if (response?.errors) {
+      Object.entries(response.errors).forEach(([fieldName, messages]) => {
+        messages.forEach((message: string) => {
+          setError(fieldName as keyof UnifiedCreateFormType, {
+            type: "server",
+            message,
+          })
+          toast.error(message)
+        })
+      })
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (response?.success) {
+      toast.success(response.message)
+      router.push("/people")
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <form className="flex flex-col gap-4" onSubmit={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}>
+      <UserTextInput
+        error={errors.firstName?.message}
+        id="firstName"
+        label={formCopy.firstNameLabel}
+        placeholder={formCopy.firstNamePlaceholder}
+        register={register("firstName")}
+      />
+      <UserTextInput
+        error={errors.lastName?.message}
+        id="lastName"
+        label={formCopy.lastNameLabel}
+        placeholder={formCopy.lastNamePlaceholder}
+        register={register("lastName")}
+      />
+      <DepartmentSelect
+        error={errors.department?.message}
+        formCopy={formCopy}
+        departmentCopy={departmentCopy}
+        fallbackCopy={fallbackCopy}
+        register={register("department")}
+      />
+      <UserTextInput
+        error={errors.email?.message}
+        id="email"
+        label={formCopy.emailLabel}
+        placeholder={formCopy.emailPlaceholder}
+        register={register("email")}
+        type="email"
+      />
+      <UserTextInput
+        error={errors.phone?.message}
+        id="phone"
+        label={formCopy.phoneLabel}
+        placeholder={formCopy.phonePlaceholder}
+        register={register("phone")}
+      />
+      <RoleSelect
+        register={register("role")}
+        roleLabel={formCopy.roleLabel}
+        roleLabels={roleLabels}
+      />
+      {showPassword && (
+        <UserTextInput
+          error={errors.password?.message}
+          id="password"
+          label={formCopy.passwordLabel}
+          placeholder={formCopy.passwordPlaceholder}
+          register={register("password")}
+          type="password"
+        />
+      )}
+      <SubmitButton
+        copy={submitButtonCopy}
+        isSubmitting={isSubmitting}
+        isSubmitSuccessful={isSubmitSuccessful}
+      >
+        {formCopy.createSubmit}
+      </SubmitButton>
+    </form>
+  )
+}
+
+function UserTextInput({
+  error,
+  id,
+  label,
+  placeholder,
+  register,
+  type = "text",
+}: {
+  error?: string
+  id: string
+  label: string
+  placeholder: string
+  register: UseFormRegisterReturn
+  type?: string
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
+      <label htmlFor={id} className="mb-2 block text-lg">
+        {label}
+      </label>
+      <input
+        type={type}
+        id={id}
+        placeholder={placeholder}
+        {...register}
+        className={`w-full rounded-lg border px-4 py-2 ${error ? "border-error" : ""}`}
+      />
+      {error && <p className="text-error">{error}</p>}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function RoleSelect({
+  register,
+  roleLabel,
+  roleLabels,
+}: {
+  register: UseFormRegisterReturn
+  roleLabel: string
+  roleLabels: UserRoleCopy
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
+      <label htmlFor="role" className="mb-2 block text-lg">
+        {roleLabel}
+      </label>
+      <select
+        id="role"
+        {...register}
+        className="w-full rounded-lg border px-4 py-2"
+      >
+        <option value="ADMIN">{roleLabels.ADMIN}</option>
+        <option value="MANAGER">{roleLabels.MANAGER}</option>
+        <option value="STAFF">{roleLabels.STAFF}</option>
+        <option value="VIEWER">{roleLabels.VIEWER}</option>
+        <option value="NO_USER">{roleLabels.NO_USER}</option>
+      </select>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function DepartmentSelect({
+  error,
+  formCopy,
+  departmentCopy,
+  fallbackCopy,
+  register,
+}: {
+  error?: string
+  formCopy: UserFormCopy
+  departmentCopy: PersonDepartmentCopy
+  fallbackCopy: PersonFallbackCopy
+  register: UseFormRegisterReturn
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
+      <label htmlFor="department" className="mb-2 block text-lg">
+        {formCopy.departmentLabel}
+      </label>
+      <select
+        id="department"
+        {...register}
+        className={`w-full rounded-lg border px-4 py-2 ${error ? "border-error" : ""}`}
+      >
+        <option value="">{formCopy.departmentPlaceholder}</option>
+        {Object.keys(PERSON_DEPARTMENTS).map((department) => (
+          <option key={department} value={department}>
+            {formatPersonDepartment(department, departmentCopy, fallbackCopy)}
+          </option>
+        ))}
+      </select>
+      {error && <p className="text-error">{error}</p>}
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/people/_components/user.copy.ts b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/_components/user.copy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4a28c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/_components/user.copy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import type { Dictionary } from "@/i18n/dictionaries"
+
+export type UserFormCopy = Dictionary["admin"]["users"]["form"]
+export type UserRoleCopy = Dictionary["admin"]["users"]["roles"]
+export type UserStatusCopy = Dictionary["admin"]["users"]["status"]
+export type UserFallbackCopy = Dictionary["admin"]["users"]["fallback"]
+export type UserResetPasswordCopy =
+  Dictionary["admin"]["users"]["resetPassword"]
+export type PersonDepartmentCopy =
+  Dictionary["inventory"]["people"]["departments"]
+export type PersonFallbackCopy = Dictionary["inventory"]["people"]["fallback"]
+
+export function formatUserRole(
+  role: string,
+  roleCopy: UserRoleCopy,
+  fallbackCopy: UserFallbackCopy,
+): string {
+  return role in roleCopy
+    ? roleCopy[role as keyof UserRoleCopy]
+    : fallbackCopy.unknownRole
+}
+
+export function formatPersonDepartment(
+  department: string | null | undefined,
+  departmentCopy: PersonDepartmentCopy,
+  fallbackCopy: PersonFallbackCopy,
+): string {
+  if (!department) {
+    return fallbackCopy.unknownDepartment
+  }
+
+  return department in departmentCopy
+    ? departmentCopy[department as keyof PersonDepartmentCopy]
+    : fallbackCopy.unknownDepartment
+}
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/people/layout.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/layout.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9a4329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/layout.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { ReactNode } from "react"
+
+import { requireRole } from "@/services/auth.service"
+
+export default async function PeopleLayout({
+  children,
+}: {
+  children: ReactNode
+}) {
+  await requireRole("ADMIN")
+
+  return children
+}
diff --git a/src/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page.tsx b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page.tsx
index a11cbc0..05b0333 100644
--- a/src/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
-import { redirect } from "next/navigation"
+import { getI18n } from "@/i18n/server"
 
-export default function NewPersonPage() {
-  redirect("/admin/users/new")
+import NewPersonForm from "../_components/new.person.form"
+
+export default async function NewUserPage() {
+  const { dictionary } = await getI18n()
+  const copy = dictionary.admin.users
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4">
+        <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold">{copy.new.title}</h1>
+      </div>
+      <NewPersonForm
+        formCopy={copy.form}
+        schemaCopy={{ ...copy.schema, ...dictionary.inventory.people.schema }}
+        roleLabels={copy.roles}
+        departmentCopy={dictionary.inventory.people.departments}
+        fallbackCopy={dictionary.inventory.people.fallback}
+        submitButtonCopy={dictionary.common.submitButton}
+      />
+    </div>
+  )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/layout/addMenu.tsx b/src/components/layout/addMenu.tsx
index fda30e7..9891838 100644
--- a/src/components/layout/addMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout/addMenu.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const items: { key: keyof AddMenuCopy; href: string }[] = [
   },
   {
     key: "person",
-    href: "/admin/users/new",
+    href: "/people/new",
   },
   {
     key: "assignment",
diff --git a/src/i18n/dictionaries/en.ts b/src/i18n/dictionaries/en.ts
index c769219..284376f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/dictionaries/en.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/dictionaries/en.ts
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ export const en = {
         },
       },
       new: {
-        title: "New User",
+        title: "New Person",
       },
       edit: {
         title: "Edit User",
diff --git a/src/i18n/dictionaries/es.ts b/src/i18n/dictionaries/es.ts
index 53f899c..1aba2fe 100644
--- a/src/i18n/dictionaries/es.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/dictionaries/es.ts
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ export const es = {
         },
       },
       new: {
-        title: "Nuevo usuario",
+        title: "Nueva persona",
       },
       edit: {
         title: "Editar usuario",
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/people/person-form-pages.test.ts b/tests/unit/app/people/person-form-pages.test.ts
index dffab9e..48cd289 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app/people/person-form-pages.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/app/people/person-form-pages.test.ts
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ describe("person pages", () => {
     mocks.getI18n.mockResolvedValue({ dictionary: es, locale: "es" })
   })
 
-  it("redirects /people/new to /admin/users/new", async () => {
-    const { default: NewPersonPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
-    )
-
-    await NewPersonPage()
-
-    expect(mocks.redirect).toHaveBeenCalledWith("/admin/users/new")
-  })
-
   it("renders the edit person page with Person heading and no username", async () => {
     const { default: PersonEditPage } = await import(
       "@/app/(dashboard)/people/[personId]/edit/page"
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/users/unified-form-pages.test.ts b/tests/unit/app/users/unified-form-pages.test.ts
index ecc636b..c63e43c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app/users/unified-form-pages.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/app/users/unified-form-pages.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe("unified creation form page", () => {
 
   it("renders unified form with Person fields, email, password, role, and NO_USER option in Spanish", async () => {
     const { default: NewUserPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page"
+      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
     )
 
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(await NewUserPage())
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe("unified creation form page", () => {
     mocks.getI18n.mockResolvedValue({ dictionary: en, locale: "en" })
 
     const { default: NewUserPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page"
+      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
     )
 
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(await NewUserPage())
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe("unified creation form page", () => {
 
   it("renders Person field placeholders from the unified form dictionary", async () => {
     const { default: NewUserPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page"
+      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
     )
 
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(await NewUserPage())
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe("unified creation form page", () => {
 
   it("renders department select with all PERSON_DEPARTMENTS values", async () => {
     const { default: NewUserPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page"
+      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
     )
 
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(await NewUserPage())
diff --git a/tests/unit/app/users/user-form-pages.test.ts b/tests/unit/app/users/user-form-pages.test.ts
index 9d98813..9d27526 100644
--- a/tests/unit/app/users/user-form-pages.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/app/users/user-form-pages.test.ts
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ describe("new user form localization", () => {
 
   it("renders new user page with localized title and unified form labels in Spanish", async () => {
     const { default: NewUserPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page"
+      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
     )
 
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(await NewUserPage())
 
     // Title
-    expect(html).toContain("Nuevo usuario")
+    expect(html).toContain("Nueva persona")
 
     // Person field labels
     expect(html).toContain("Nombre")
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ describe("new user form localization", () => {
     mocks.getI18n.mockResolvedValue({ dictionary: en, locale: "en" })
 
     const { default: NewUserPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page"
+      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
     )
 
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(await NewUserPage())
 
-    expect(html).toContain("New User")
+    expect(html).toContain("New Person")
 
     // Person fields
     expect(html).toContain("First Name")
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe("new user form localization", () => {
 
   it("keeps canonical role values in option value attributes including NO_USER, not localized labels", async () => {
     const { default: NewUserPage } = await import(
-      "@/app/(dashboard)/admin/users/new/page"
+      "@/app/(dashboard)/people/new/page"
     )
 
     const html = renderToStaticMarkup(await NewUserPage())
diff --git a/tests/unit/i18n/admin-users-dictionary.test.ts b/tests/unit/i18n/admin-users-dictionary.test.ts
index 510baff..e51748a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/i18n/admin-users-dictionary.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/i18n/admin-users-dictionary.test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe("admin users dictionary", () => {
       },
     })
 
-    expect(users.new).toEqual({ title: "New User" })
+    expect(users.new).toEqual({ title: "New Person" })
     expect(users.edit).toEqual({ title: "Edit User" })
 
     expect(users.form).toEqual({
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe("admin users dictionary", () => {
       },
     })
 
-    expect(users.new).toEqual({ title: "Nuevo usuario" })
+    expect(users.new).toEqual({ title: "Nueva persona" })
     expect(users.edit).toEqual({ title: "Editar usuario" })
 
     expect(users.form).toEqual({