Prof. Rojas is a microbiologist and parasitologist graduated from the University of Costa Rica. She obtained her PhD in Animal Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel where she focused on helminthiases of veterinary importance. Then she did postdoctoral research at the Weizmann Institute of Sciences about host-pathogen interactions of the human malaria parasite. Currently, she is affiliated to the Faculty of Microbiology and the Research Center for Tropical Diseases in the University of Costa Rica. Her lab researches the epidemiology, phylogeography and host-pathogen interactions of helminths of veterinary and human importance from a One Health perspective. She is the coordinator of the International Network for the Research of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, is associate editor of the journals Parasites & Vectors, Acta Tropica and Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases. She teaches medical helminthology for undergrad microbiology students and collaborates in programs of community welfare that aims the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of parasitosis in vulnerable children’s populations of her country. She has co-authored more than 40 peer-reviewed articles, she was awarded the Odile Prize for Young Parasitologists in 2020 and an honorary mention for Young Women Scientist by the Interamerican Network of Academies of Sciences in 2022.