Nydia Castillo-Martínez received her Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Biological Chemistry from the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California in 1991, her Master’s Degree in Public Health from the same institution in 2006, and her PhD in Sciences in 2019.She has been affiliated with the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California since 1995, where she currently serves as a Professor-Researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences. She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNII).Her research focuses on infectious diseases in vulnerable populations, including HIV-associated opportunistic infections, tuberculosis diagnostics, antimicrobial resistance, and fungal diseases such as coccidioidomycosis.