Professor Mónica Fca. Benítez Dávila is currently the Director of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Lerma Campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM).

Ph.D. (Cum Laude) in Science and Culture from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He received his B.Sc. in Physics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), with a major in Astronomy.

She worked at the Museum of Natural History in Mexico City, as a science popularizer; at the Fideicomiso de ahorro para la energía eléctrica (FIDE) as a designer of educational plans for saving electricity; at the Faculty of Sciences of the UNAM, as an academic and member of the interdisciplinary editorial group of the journal Ciencias, whose work group won the National Journalism Award. She was Head of Research at the Museo Universitario del Chopo, UNAM and founding Head of the Department of Arts and Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Lerma Campus, UAM.

She is a tenured Professor at the Department of Arts and Humanities, Unidad Lerma since 2011. She has specialized in the study between Science, Technology and Culture. She has given multiple conferences at national and international levels. He coordinated the Promep project "Art and Community" in 2012 as a new PTC.

She has written 16 articles and book chapters and has coordinated three specialized books. She coordinated the design of the Bachelor's Degree in Digital Art and Communication of the Lerma Unit, as well as the four Intermediarte International Colloquiums of the UAM.

She is currently developing research related to community, technology and art. She has a desirable profile and has been a member of the National System of Researchers, Level I. She belongs to the Academic Body and the Research Area: Studies in Art, Science and Technology (EACyT) of the Lerma Campus of the UAM.