Tijuana native, binational Clinician with more than 30 years of experience working with underserved and marginalized populations in the US-Mexico border region in the field of HIV Care, with interest in HIV prevention from a public health perspective, and the barriers and risk factors (individual, social and structural) that prevent access to prevention and care for individuals that recently acquired HIV infection in the drug-involved populations. Co-author in several publications.

Since 2014 Founder and Director of the Wound Clinic, and independent mobile street-based effort.

Worked with trainees of all levels, from Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Canada and United States, and offered accessible education regarding the clinical aspects of infectious disease management, wound care, trauma informed, structural competence and compassion. Orient volunteer medical residents and students to the nuances and challenges of clinical care and accompaniment for the patients we served, lead outreach efforts to provide clinical care in challenging circumstances, debrief regarding learning points from the day with learners to provide an overview of the US Mexico Border and principles of harm management.

Served as Board Member of Women and Harm Reduction International, Latino Coalition Against COVID-19 and recently invited as speaker in Global Health Assembly organized by Doctors for Global Health in Santa Monica California Summer 2025 and promote the support  Tijuana + Humana and the Zapatista Autonomous Communities and the Initiative “Construye un Quirofano en la Selva