Dr. Susana Perera Valderrama obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Biology at the University of Havana, Cuba, in 2004 and a Master’s degree in Marine Ecology at the Marine Research Center of the University of Havana in 2006. She graduated in 2016 with a Ph.D. in Ecology and Sustainable Development at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in Mexico. Dr. Perera Valderrama has worked since 2017 at the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of the Biodiversity in Mexico (CONABIO) in the Marine Monitoring Sub-Coordination. She worked from 2004 to 2016 at the National Center of Protected Areas of Cuba (CNAP) in the group focused on marine protected areas (MPAs). She has led or has been involved in the implementation of several projects related to the creation and enforcement of MPAs in Cuba, as well as the execution of monitoring programs and research on marine ecosystems and endangered species in MPAs in Cuba and Mexico. She is currently involved, as part of her position in CONABIO, in the design and implementation of a monitoring program for marine-coastal ecosystems and species in MPAs of the Mexican Caribbean. She has participated in undergraduate and graduate teaching on issues of planning, management, and monitoring of marine protected areas, Restoration of marine and coastal ecosystems, integrated coastal management, and sustainable development. She is currently a professor at the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur in the Graduate Program of Marine and Coastal Sciences.