María Luisa Kennedy obtained a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from the National University of Asunción in 1991. She later completed his PhD in Pharmacy at the Instituto Universitario de Bioorgánica, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (2000). She worked as a Professor of Pharmacognosy and as a researcher in medicinal plant pharmacology. She also held the position of Director of Postgraduate Studies and founding academic of the Paraguayan Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She has published more than 30 scientific articles. She has participated in numerous research projects. She has presented papers and dissertations at scientific events. Her research areas include medicinal plants-mouse model-medicinal plant-antidepressant-anxiety.