She holds a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Zulia and a PhD in Philosophy from the Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management at the University of León, Spain. Currently, she teaches at ECOTEC Technological University, offering courses in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Human Development within the Medicine program. She also teaches at the University of the Holy Spirit, offering courses in the Faculty of Engineering (Environmental Engineering and Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Engineering programs) and in the Faculty of Health Sciences (Medicine program). In addition, she has been a research professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE) Esmeraldas campus and at the Agrarian University of Ecuador. She is the author and co-author of numerous indexed scientific articles, specialized outreach articles, books, and book chapters. She has also served as a reviewer for internationally indexed articles and books and has advised undergraduate theses. She has participated in research projects in Ecuador and Spain in the areas of Microbiology, Parasitology, Wastewater Pathogens, Biotechnology, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Health and Environment.