 What does it mean to you to win the award? Well, I feel very honored to have been chosen for the merit of my work of a prestigious conference recognized its value and this award represent a crucial step in my career in my career as a scientist and being chosen for this award reinforce my Motivation to act as a representative for what woman especially woman from Latin America Can achieve when given the same opportunities as others so as a woman in science from Mexico I face challenges throughout my professional career including gender inequality Stereotyping social and cultural restrictions that in general limit or access to Education and funding especially funding for scientific research and Despite the undeniable process progress that has been made with respect to women to women's right and Equal opportunities full gender equality is not yet a reality for women Women scientists in Mexico and in general in Latin America So I believe that obtaining this award reinforce in general my career goals, which are to communicate My son my my work to a public audience to share and teach students with diverse backgrounds in the areas of microbiology and bioinformatics and software development and Yes, I think in general the recognition of this award Reinforced my my motivation to act as a as a role model of what women can achieve when given opportunities and to share my my work in this prestigious conference