Valeria Cañedo is a biologist who graduated from the University of Sonora. She is currently Vice President of Centro de Colaboración para la Ciencia y Cultura S.C. She started working in 2015 as a volunteer in conservation projects such as monarch butterfly monitoring, wildlife monitoring, and evaluation of springs in the State of Sonora. Through these projects she had the opportunity to gain experience and meet other scientists and organizations working in this field. Now with six years of experience, in 2020 her group became a Civil Society organization, under the name of Collaboration Center for Science and Culture, this new organization is also led by young professionals from different areas of expertise in science which functions as a platform to develop innovative projects. This new organization has allowed them to broaden their vision and participate in other important areas such as human rights, the promotion of arts and culture, education, and professional training, among many others.