Maria Elisa Drago-Serrano is currently working as a faculty member at the Metropolitan Autonomous University. She has completed her Ph.D. in Immunology from National Autonomous University. Her research area focuses on Intestinal Immunity and Homeostasis. She has 27 years of experience at UAM-Xochimilco in Microbiology and Biochemistry teaching and 20 years of experience in Biomedical Research. She is also serving as a referee for scientific journals. She also participated in committees for the evaluation of two students from the Master Program in Health Sciences ESM, IPN and Thesis advisor of 24 students of Bachelor (Pharmaceutical Chemical Biologist (UAM-Xochimilco), one student of the Master Program in Health Sciences ESM, IPN, and one student from the PhD program in Medicine Research ESM, IPN. She has published 9 research articles, 4 book chapters, and 25 papers in Congress contributed as author/co-author.