Sara Avilés-Gaxiola is a full-time research professor in the department of health sciences at Autonomous University of Occident (UAdeO) in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico since 2017. She is a member of the Basic Academic Nucleus of the Master's Program in Biomedical Biotechnology at UadeO. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology and her master degree in Biotechnology from Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) in 2015 and 2017, respectively. She earned her PhD degree in Sciences from Food and Development Research Center (CIAD) in 2022. She is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNII) of CONAHCYT and honorary member of the Sinaloa System of Researchers and Technologists (SSIT). Her area of expertise is nutraceuticals and functional foods. She currently focusses on the study of oxidative stress, antioxidants and chronic-degenerative diseases.