Porras has published academic research in the fields of human microbiome, tissue engineering, biomaterials, global health, and infectious disease.
[3] She is known for creating crochet versions of micro-organisms as a way of connecting with a wider audience, especially children in her home country of Colombia.
[4] A 3-D printed statue of Porras holding several of her crochet creations was included in the IF/THEN exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in March 2022.
[citation needed] She co-founded the LatinX in Biomedical Engineering (LatinXinBME)[5] community with Brian Aguado, a professor of bioengineering at the University of California San Diego.
[5] Porras was quoted in a 2021 BBC article on the gender differences in the use of professional titles.