Doctorate in Law, Criminal Law, Criminology, posgraduated in the University of Rome (Cum Laude), and University of Paris (Special Mention). Professor Emeritus of the University of Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela, professor and researcher of Criminal Law and Criminology. For more than 15 years she was Director of the Institute of Criminology of the University of Zulia, institute named after her by decission of the University Council. Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Cordoba, Argentina. Honorary Director of the Criminology Institute of the Central University of Ecuador.