Dr. Stephanie Sánchez-Torres was born in Mexico City. She has a degree in experimental biology from the Metropolitan Autonomous University, a Master's of health science from the National Polytechnic Institute, and a PhD in biological and health sciences from the Autonomous Metropolitan University. Currently, she is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mexican Institute of Social Security. She is also part of the National System of Level 1 Researchers. She has been a member of the Society for Neuroscience since 2011 and of the Mexican Society of Physiological Sciences since 2016. She has published 13 scientific research articles in high-impact journals and one book chapter, in addition to presenting scientific papers at national and international congresses and taking various updating and training courses.