"It seems smart and wonderful to use nature's functions to our advantage," says the agronomist from Val.

María José Ramírez Soria, a Valencian woman in her early 40s, is an Agricultural Engineer from the Polytechnic University of her hometown. Her career has been marked by constant mobility, thanks to various study grants that led her to specialize in European, Latin American, and North American institutions, culminating her training period with a doctorate in biological pest control. Despite her journey, she defines herself simply as "a restless person," a quality that has led her to develop her career in various parts of the world and to participate in experiences where the use of macrobiologicals in agriculture is an established practice. "The most curious thing is that as a child I didn't like bugs at all. I fell in love with the subject during my studies, in the Crop Protection class, where 'biological control' was just a chapter within that long subject. I was captivated. I found it intelligent and wonderful to use the functions of nature in our favor; to emulate what it does ...