Claudia earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Tecnológico de Monterrey (Querétaro, Mexico) in 2024. In 2023, she was awarded a MITACS scholarship to undertake a research internship at the Mott Lab at the University of Toronto, Canada. During her undergraduate studies, she focused on plant biotechnology and bioprocess engineering. She is currently a Master’s student in Plant Science at KAUST, working in the Stress Granules Lab under the supervision of Professor Monika Chodasiewicz.