[1] She is also an assistant curator for the Division of Vertebrate Zoology at the Yale Peabody Museum.

[2][3] In particular, Muñoz researches the influence of biomechanics and behavior on evolution in reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

[4] Muñoz grew up in the New York City borough of Queens, and is the daughter of Cuban immigrants.

[3] In 2017, she was hired as an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech.

[3][6] She became an assistant professor in Yale University's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology in 2019.