I am a Latin American scientist, born in Chile and raised in Ecuador. As a child, I always imagined I would become a veterinarian, but as I was pursuing that career in college I discovered infectious disease ecology. My passion for numbers and the quantitative aspect of nature drew me towards my current PhD at the University of Florida working with Jose Miguel Ponciano and Bette Loiselle. Over the past few years I have worked to understand variation between individuals and how it affects our understanding of population and ecosystem level patterns. I am a fan of statistics of extremes, R is my happy language, and I truly enjoy teaching and empowering others to use quantitative tools in their work. I am also a mom of two kiddos, two dogs, and a cat. You can find me on Twitter, GitHub, and LinkedIn. A list of my publications is on GoogleScholar.