I am a biologist; I did my undergraduate studies at the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Puebla, Mexico), focusing my research on small-scale shark fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. I completed my master’s degree at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (Campeche, Mexico), where I conducted a stock assessment for the Atlantic sharpnose shark using data-limited methodologies. I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada) in the School of Environmental Studies in the Strategies for a Changing Ocean Lab with Dr. Gerald G. Singh. My research focuses on how the Mexican fisheries management instruments can have unintended and negative impacts on the fisheries and well-ness of the fishers.