I am Carmen Menacho, a researcher of the Water and Environmental Health Research Group of the Environmental Science Institute of Aragon (IUCA) of the University of Zaragoza (Spain) since 2018. I acquired a Degree in Biotechnology from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) in 2016 and a Master's in Agrofood and Environmental Science and Technology from the University of Vigo (Spain) in 2018, and I am currently completing my PhD in Environmental and Chemical Engineering at the University of Zaragoza. Until now, I have been working in quality control and research laboratories related to agrofood, the environment, and water quality, topics in which I am interested, for 8 years, having spent 2 years researching in Ecuador. My current research and PhD project focus on water treatments, chemical and microbiological water quality, and studies about free-living amoebae, endosymbiont bacteria, and antibiotic resistance. I have been a member of the International Water Association since 2022. I was awarded the Best Scientific Video Prize within the “Non PhD Category of the VI Jornadas IUCA 2020” thanks to "The Role of Free-Living Amoebae as Potentially Pathogenic Bacteria Reservoirs” scientific video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xos6xLizq5k) and the Best Communication on Public Health at the "XVI Spanish Congress and V Iberoamerican Congress of Environmental Health 2022" thanks to "Disinfection of Water: In pursuit of a Treatment for Free-Living Amoebae and their Protected Bacteria".