Dr. Valeria M. Cabello is a psychologist and M.Phil. in educational psychology from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She obtained her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology at the University of Dundee. Currently, she works as an academic in the Department of Learning and Development, Faculty of Education at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Her research focuses on science learning with two emphases; how student teachers learn to explain in the science classroom and how students develop thinking processes in context-based STEAM education. She collaborates with two research centers of excellence; the Center for Policies and Practices in Education (CEPPE UC) and the Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN).