[7] Her work on snake and dolphin clitorises has been featured in publications such as The Atlantic,[8] Smithsonian Magazine,[9] New Scientist,[10] and The Washington Post.
She completed her Bachelor of Science in marine biology at the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano in 1994.
[2] After she received funding from the National Science Foundation to study duck penises, she was attacked by right-wing media for what was characterized as "wasteful" government spending.
[20] In response, she defended her work and the broader importance of basic research in the online magazine Slate[12] and in the journal BioScience,[13] and she began campaigning to support other scientists who dealt with similar attacks.
[23] In 2021, she received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to study reproductive structures in snakes.