I recently graduate with a biology degree from Universidad Austral de Chile. During my undergraduate studies, I participated in two research projects focused on viral pathogens infecting commercially relevant species, being first author on one of them. During my professional internship in AUSTRAL-Omics, a genomics core facility in said university, I had a first real approach to bioinformatics, primarily working with metagenomics data sets. I continue working here, expanding my skills and knowledge as I prepare to seek admission to a PhD focused on viral metagenomics.