4. Being a Woman and a Researcher between Exile and Social Reconfiguration

Nissa Yaing Torres Soto holds a PhD in Social Sciences from the Universidad de Sonora, México, and is based at Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Quintana Roo, México. She is a social psychologist with postgraduate studies in Educational Innovation and Social Sciences. She is interested in positive environments, mental health, education, public health and vulnerable social groups. She was the recipient of an award at the Arizona Student Energy Conferences (AzSEC) in the Grand Challenge Competition by University of Arizona, for ‘Testing a Tridimensional Model of Sustainable Behavior: Self-care, Caring for Others and Caring for the Planet’. She is a member of the International Honor Society in Psychology and National Researchers System (SNI) of México.

María Alejandra Aray Roa holds a PhD in Science Education from the Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez (Venezuela). She is a sociologist interested in gender studies, higher education, science education management, citizenship and education in natural science. She participated in the project Transversalidad de la perspectiva en el estado de Sonora [Gender perspective in Sonora state], and is engaged in social studies in science processes and education in natural science. She currently lives and works in Sonora, México.

Paulette Joseph has a doctorate in Health Psychology, Universidad Miguel Herrera (Spain). She is an industrial psychologist with postgraduate studies in Physical Activity and Health, and currently works with disabled mentally ill patients. She has experience working with women with fibromyalgia as well as patients subjected to high levels of stress in Germany and Spain. She has always been interested in the studies of gender, physical activity and personal integral health, well-being and self-determination.