Professor of the Department of Agronomy at the University of Costa Rica. She has been director of several graduation projects related to the study of peatlands, greenhouse gas mitigation, and soil carbon monitoring. Since 2014, she has been the coordinator of the Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Capture Laboratory of the Environmental Pollution Research Center of the University of Costa Rica. Her research interests focus on promoting mitigation and adaptation actions against climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon capture in agricultural systems and their understanding in natural ecosystems. Currently, she directs the research projects Valorization of the Medio Queso peat bog through paludiculture as a strategy to mitigate fire pressure due to agricultural activity and, Seasonal variations of methane and carbon dioxide emissions in a river peat bog.