Originally from Ecuador, Bachelor in Biotechnology Engineering at Armed Forces University - ESPE. Discovered a passion for plant pathology when visiting plant pathology rhizosphere lab at Oklahoma State University. Last year of bachelor, working with Andean fruit diseases including fungal and viral diseases. Experience as laboratory technician at plant diagnostics laboratory IDGEN, Ecuador. Started MSc on Plant Sciences Department during fall 2018, at University of Saskatchewan. Currently research focused in: Crop sequence effects on Fusarium head blight of cereals across western Canada.