Areli Nájera González graduated in Biology and Communication and Media from the Autonomous University of Nayarit. She has a Master's in Development, Sustainability and Tourism from the University of Guadalajara. She is currently a PhD student in Biosystematics, Ecology and Management of Natural and Agricultural Resources at the University of Guadalajara. Her research interest areas are ​​territorial planning, alternative tourism, and vulnerability of coastal zones and climate change, using a multidisciplinary approach with mixed methods and GIS tools.