Laura Hernández-Guzmán obtained her Ph.D. in Developmental and Child Psychology from the  University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA and is currently Full Time Professor and Head of the Continuing Education Division at National University of Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. She serves as editor in chief of the Mexican Journal of Psychology and International Editor in Spanish for the Americas of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy published by Cambridge University Press. She also serves at the editorial boards of 5 other international journals and was General Editor of the International Journal of Psychology and member of the Editorial Board of the World Social Science Report (WSSR) UNESCO. The recipient of several research grants from National University of Mexico and the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology, her publications include 65 research articles and 5 books. Also, Hernández-Guzmán is past-president of the Mexican Psychological Society (2000-2004), the Mexican Society for Behavior Analysis (1998-2000) and the Mexican Guild of Professional Psychologists (2009-2012). She has been recognized with the highest levels of the National System of Researchers and of the Academic Performance Recognition. She received the Mexican National Award of Teaching and Research in Psychology 2010. Recently, the Association of Faculty Members of National University of Mexico granted her the Academic Merit Recognition 2012. She has served as Head of the Planning and Evaluation Department at the School of Psychology, Social Service Director at National University of Mexico and Citizen Advisor of the XXIV Electoral Uninominal District of Mexico City. Invited as keynote speaker in international and national conferences, she also has presided and organized the 1998 World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and versions 9th to 12th of the Mexican Congress of Psychology. She has participated as member of the Trilateral Forum of Professional Psychology of North America, Psychology Executives Roundtable, Council of Credentialing Organizations in Professional Psychology, Competencies Conference of Scottsdale and Consensus Conference on Combined and Integrated Training in Psychology.