Dr Mariana Segovia studied for her Bachelors in Biological Pharmaceutical Chemistry in Mexico City. She studied a Masters degree at the National Institute of Cancerology in Mexico City. She carried out her PhD studies at the National Institute of Nutrition in Mexico City, where she specialized in breast cancer, hormones, and targeted therapy. She completed a research fellowship at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, United States. Dr Segovia also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Neuroimmunoendocrinology at the Institute of Biomedical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where she studied the tumor microenvironment and endocrine disruptor compounds in breast cancer. Dr Segovia has participated as a Guest Associate Editor for journals such as Frontiers in Oncology. Dr Segovia is currently an Associate Professor at the Endocrinology Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine at UNAM.