About me

I am from Mexico City but had the privilege of growing up by the calm sea in the Campeche Bay, in the south of Mexico. After a year-long stay in Fall River, Nova Scotia (go Dragons!), I studied Physics in the “Athens of Mexico”, Xalapa, at the Faculty of Physics of Universidad Veracruzana. I then moved back to Mexico City for my master’s and PhD at UNAM, working with Dr. Axel de la Macorra, Dr. Octavio Valenzuela and Dr. Miguel Alcubierre on how dynamical dark energy and modified gravity models leave their imprint on baryon acoustic features and galaxy redshift surveys.
In 2019 I moved to Poland for a postdoctoral position in the natal city of Nicolaus Copernicus, joining the inhomogeneous cosmology group led by Prof. Boudewijn Roukema in NCU in Toruń. In 2021 I began a second postdoctoral stay in the Computational Cosmology Group at the Center for Theoretical Physics PAS in Warsaw, led by Prof. Wojtek Hellwing and Prof Maciej Bilicki, before starting my own group in 2025 as Principal Investigator of the NCN SONATA-funded project PAIRS.

Hobbies

Outside research, I care deeply about mentoring and making science more accessible. I enjoy working with school-age children and, in Mexico, I took part in mentoring programmes for primary pupils through UV-Peraj, first as a tutor and later on the directive board. I have also helped translate popular science texts into indigenous languages, as part of efforts to bring scientific ideas closer to communities that are often excluded from them.

On a more global scale, I mentor early-career scientists and students and serve on the leadership board of the Supernova Foundation, a platform that supports women and other underrepresented groups in astronomy and related fields. These activities are, for me, not just “outreach” but an essential part of how I understand the role of science in society.

I also like to keep moving and make things with my hands: in the past I practised Taekwon-do and Limalama, and found both incredibly fun ways to build discipline and community, and these days I particularly enjoy baking, especially when I can share the results with friends, colleagues and students. During my time in Poland, I discovered the joy of foraging for wild mushrooms and wandering in the forest, and every year I eagerly look forward to the start of mushroom season.

I am an enthusiastic but consistently unsuccessful gardener, to the point that even succulents seem to find me intimidating. For now, I have decided my role is to admire other people’s plants while I focus my nurturing instincts elsewhere.