My mathematical name is Raquel Perales. I got a PhD in Mathematics from Stony Brook University in 2015.  For seven years, I was an Investigadora por México at the Institute of Mathematics at Oaxaca, of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, (IMATE-UNAM  or IMUNAM).  I moved to CIMAT in January 2024 and I am one of the PIs of the Austrian Emerging Project  A new geometry for Einstein's theory of relativity & beyond .