Ana María Rodríguez is a science writer for the Office of Communications at Baylor College of Medicine. She is the editor of From the Labs and an immunoparasitologist working on basic science research for about 20 years. She is an award-winning author with 28 books and about 60 magazine articles published for children and adults covering topics on basic, natural and medical sciences, history and biography. Ana graduated from Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, with a bachelor's degree in Biology. From 1980 to 1982, she completed her master's degree in Biology at the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research in Caracas. After graduation, she enrolled in the doctorate program in 1983. She received her Ph.D. in Biology and Immunology from the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Texas.