Jimmy Zambrano (1979) holds a Ph.D. from the Open Universiteit Nederlands and a Ph.D. in Education from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. He has served as a teacher in various higher education institutions in Ecuador and has worked as an educational evaluation consultant. His main area of interest focuses on researching cognitive load factors in school learning, a topic on which he has published studies in high-impact journals. Currently, he holds the position of professor-researcher at the Universidad del Pacífico. Additionally, he is a visiting professor at the Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi and a thesis advisor at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.