Professor María Eugenia Vera Herrera holds a Master's degree in Education from the Universidad Tecnológica de México and a Bachelor's degree in Nutrition from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Xochimilco Campus. She has been awarded with the PRODEP Desirable Profile Recognition and is currently a Professor at the UAM Xochimilco Campus.

She is a member of the Academic Group of Educational Research in Biological and Health Sciences National Researcher. Project: Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (SISVAN). Subproject: Rural Observatories. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); Scientific Researcher in the Department of Consumer Surveys National Consumer Institute (INCO).

Her publications include the following: Vera-Herrera ME. Learning nutrition with children. Braz. J. of Develop., Curitiba, Vol. 5 No. 6 p.6653-6659. 2019; Binnqüis-Cervantes G, Calvillo-Velasco M, Vera-Herrera ME. University and service. Contributions and challenges of community service at UAM-Xochimilco Campus. Mexico. UAM. 2016; Vera-Herrera ME. The modular system and the formation of competencies through community service. In: Binnqüis G, Calvillo M, Vera ME. University and service. Contributions and challenges of community service at UAM-Xochimilco Campus. México. UAM. 2016. p. 133-143; Ríos V, Gasca A, Franco M, Vera ME, and Tolentino L. "Reduction of childhood obesity through the nutrition component of a Health Promoting School initiative". Rev. Public Health of Mexico. Vol.55 Supplement 3. Mexico. 2013

Organization and participation in academic events: Congress "Nutrition in psychogeriatric patients". 2019; Congress "Current knowledge for the nutritionist about food". 2018; Congress "The nutritionist in different work environments". 2017; Speaker at the "I Congreso Iberoamericano de Docentes". University of Cadiz. Virtual modality. 2018; Paper: "Programa RESPUESTA para mejorar los Hábitos Alimentarios a Nivel Escolar". Paper presented at the II Meeting of Research and Service of the Department of Health Care. 2015; Lecture: "The Formative Aspect of Community Service in the Bachelor's Degree in Human Nutrition". Forum: University and Service. Experiences of Community Service at UAM-Xochimilco Campus, 2015

More than 80 Social Service Projects of the Bachelor's Degree in Human Nutrition UAM Xochimilco Campus and 50 tutorials to scholarship holders of the Department of Health Care.

She has worked in the Academic Commission of Adequacy of the Curriculum of the Bachelor's Degree in Human Nutrition; the Academic Commission of Re-accreditation of the Bachelor's Degree in Human Nutrition and the Academic Commission of Project Evaluation of the Dean's Office of the Xochimilco Campus.