Professor María de la Asunción Soto studied a bachelor´s degree in Biology at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), her Master's in Psychobiology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) with the thesis entitled "Quantification of steroids and its relationship with the reproductive behavior of the Mexican gray wolf" (Canis Lupus Baileyi).

Within her current projects are the behavioral analysis of family groups of the Mexican wolf in captivity. Reproductive and parental behavior in Mexican wolf couples. Dominance relationships and medium carnivorous activity periods. Effect of room temperature on the reproductive dates of the Mexican wolf females.