[1] Prior to her current post, she was the provost and chief academic officer at St. Thomas University (Florida).

[3] A Cuban-born American, Becerra immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was an infant, living in Puerto Rico through high school.

She founded FIU's Knowledge Management Lab and led projects as principal investigator at the National Science Foundation, NASA (Headquarters, Kennedy, Ames and Goddard Space Flight Centers) and the Air Force Research Lab.

[1] Fernandez served as Provost and Chief Academic Officer at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla., from 2014 to 2018.

[5] Becerra has authored four books and numerous journal articles in the areas of knowledge management and business intelligence.