In 2022, Angelica Sanchez-Riofrio was awarded the Best 40 Under 40 Prize by the American organization Poets & Quants for being one of the top 40 business professors/researchers under the age of 40 globally. A PhD graduate of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, she boasts over 50 publications, including articles, books, and book chapters from foreign publishers such as Journal of Business Research, Scientometrics, and Management Decision, among others. Her findings have been presented at various prestigious scientific conferences in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Universidad Espiritu Santo in Ecuador.