2001, BA in Biology, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala; 2005, MSc in Applied Statistics, Louisiana State University; 2009, PhD in Entomology, University of Florida. Since 2003, current position. Member, Association of Guatemalan Professionals of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Expertise: ecology of insect vectors of disease, evolutionary biology of insect vectors of disease, multidisciplinary studies to find solutions relating to problems on vector borne diseases, and statistical models applied to ecology.