Education:

• 2015 – Doctorate in Public Health, INSP.
• 2000 – Master of Science in Reproductive Health, INSP.
• 1987 – Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnician, National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Academic appointments:

• Researcher affiliated with CISIDAT.

Research interests:

• Epidemiological surveillance of HIV.
• Design, evaluation, and implementation of HIV and STI prevalence surveys, at the national and multi-country level, estimates of key populations.

Featured projects:

• She has conducted evaluations of HIV prevention and care programs and interventions.
• She has worked in Latin America, mainly in Central America, with populations in contexts of vulnerability to HIV, such as people of sexual diversity, sex workers, migrants, and injection drug users, among others.
• She is linked to collaborative projects with research groups of the National University of Honduras, The University of North Carolina, University of California, San Diego.