Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Santiago, Chile; Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Loyola College, Maryland, USA; Commercial Engineer from the University of Talca, with a strong background in Planning and Strategic Management. She has collaborated with universities in the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. Currently, she serves as the Director of the Department of Economics and Administration within the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the Catholic University of Maule and collaborates with the "University Governance Researchers Nucleus" at the University of Los Lagos. Dr. Durán's research focuses on Strategy and Governance in Universities. She works as a consultant in the areas of strategic planning and management control. She has served as the institutional Director of the Mecesup Project in the network "Development and Strengthening of the Capacity and Culture of Institutional Analysis in a University Network," Project Director for Mecesup: "Implementation of an integrated management model for tracking graduates from the Catholic University of Maule," Alternate Director for the Mecesup project: "Towards the consolidation of a culture of planning and institutional analysis." In addition, she has participated in all four accreditation processes of the Catholic University of Maule, leading the management area for institutional accreditation twice.