Dra. Diana Carolina Franco Vásquez is Food Engineer from the Universidad de Caldas - Colombia, Master and PhD in Biotechnology from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Campus.

She has worked in the use and exploitation of endemic plant species, in the optimization of extraction processes and in the identification of bioactive compounds from plant sources, as well as in the functional evaluation of plant extracts in in vivo models.

She has collaborated in the accompaniment of rural communities to add value to agricultural products. Currently, she is a visiting professor in the Department of Agricultural and Animal Production at UAM, in the Agronomy Department.