Sara J. Ríos received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master's degree in Telecommunications Management, both from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1996 and 2004, respectively. She is currently a PhD. student in Engineering at the National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina. She has been a Professor at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FIEC) at ESPOL since 1996. Her main research topics are embedded systems, power converters and microgrid control.