Araceli Zapatero-Gutiérrez is a research professor at the Universidad Anáhuac Querétaro, México. She is a mechatronic engineer (2011) and received an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering (2014), both from the Tecnológico Nacional de México, Celaya, México. She earned her doctorate in advanced technology (2021) from the Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México. As part of her doctoral studies, she made a research stay at the University of Poitiers, France, where she worked on the optimal design of mechanisms. Her research interests include mechanical design, design of rehabilitation systems, prosthetics, mechanism synthesis, mechatronics, automatic control, and medical technology development.