She holds an Actuarial Science Bachelor degree from ITAM and a PhD in Statistics and Operations Research from University of Essex, England. She joined the ITAM faculty in Actuarial Science in 1998. She is Director of the BSc Actuarial Science Program at ITAM and Coordinator of the Actuarial Science Department at ITAM. She is full time professor and researcher at ITAM; she belongs to the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). She is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (SOA).

She has taught a variety of courses in the areas of Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Calculus, Solvency II and Statistics applied to Actuarial Science.

She has several papers published in key journals including Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Scandinavian Actuarial Journal, Journal of Statistical Software, Statistical Methods in Medical Research among others.

She is a member of the Comité de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas de los Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior (CIEES).  She is a participant of the Comisión Técnica Consultiva de Actuaría from Dirección General de Profesiones, Secretaría de Educación Pública. She has been actively involved in the Colegio Nacional de Actuarios (CONAC).

She was awarded the Premio al Mérito Profesional-Sector Académico from the Asociación de Exalumnos ITAM.