Viviana Benavides Arteaga is a PhD Student in a Doctoral Program in Natural Resources Sciences at Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco Chile. A Colombian graduate in Agroforestry Engineer at Universidad de Nariño (2012) and an MSc in Tropical Agroforestry at Universidad de Nariño (2018) leaning towards the formulation and execution of research and outreach projects with work experience in soil microbiology, geostatistical and spatial analysis, Native tree Germplasm banks evaluation, Study of Soils, and litter biodegradation. Her current and previous research interests are agro-industrial wastes valorization, natural resources and agroecosystems, soil microbiology and the environment.