I obtained my Master’s degree in Biology and my PhD in Anthropology, both from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. I have conducted research on the political ecology of conservation at various sites in central and southern Mexico, including the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve in Veracruz, the Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve in Morelos, and the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in Chiapas. My work has focused on analyzing the impact of biodiversity conservation policies on rural communities. More recently, I have been interested in exploring, from a posthumanist political ecology perspective, the role of plants and algae in our socio-environmental dynamics, considering them as subjects with agency. I have approached this research through various case studies, including Lacandonia schismatica, a small, unusual plant whose discovery led to a reconfiguration of conservation policies in the Lacandon Rainforest in south-eastern Mexico, and Sargassum, an algae whose large-scale arrival is challenging the capacity of the government and private sector in the Mexican Caribbean to address the transformation of ecosystems in the context of global environmental change.