Prof. Dr. América Chávez-Martínez is a professor and researcher at the School of Livestock and Ecology at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua. She graduated from the School of Chemical Sciences with a major in Food Chemical Engineering. At the same college, she obtained a master's degree and later a doctoral degree in food science from Clemson University. Currently, she is a second-level researcher in the National Research Personnel System. Her research field is the metabolites produced by lactic acid bacteria during metabolic processes, also known as epigenetic elements. She also teaches courses in biochemistry, organic chemistry, food chemistry, dairy technology, sensory evaluation, food microbiology, and milk biochemistry at the School of Animal Husbandry and Ecology.