Norma Hernández-Camacho is a full-time professor at the Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ) with over 25 years of experience. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology (1993–1997), a Master’s degree in Biotic Resources (2005), and a PhD in Biological Sciences (2016), all from the UAQ. Her research focuses on the ecology of vertebrate parasites and animal ecology in human-altered environments. She currently oversees the UAQ’s wildlife management and conservation unit (UMA), known as the "Vivario." She is a Level I member of the National System of Researchers (SNII) and has authored over 25 publications, including scientific articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. As a faculty member for the Bachelor’s degree program in Biology at the UAQ, she teaches courses on Protostomes (excluding Arthropoda), Deuterostomes, and Animal anatomy, as well as subjects related to parasitology.