Dr. Pedraza is a CONACyT Research Fellow commissioned to the National School of Biological Sciences (ENCB) of the National Polytechnic Institute since November 2018. She is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI) Level I and a visiting professor in the Department of Immunology of the ENCB of the IPN.

She is a Biological Pharmaceutical Chemist and Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). During her Ph.D. studies, she focused on the analysis of antigen-antibody interactions. She carried out two postdoctoral researchers in the areas of Toxinology and Neuroimmunobiology at the Biotechnology Institute of UNAM, analyzing the effects of scorpion toxins and plant secondary metabolites as agents with therapeutic potential against different diseases using in vivo and in vitro models.

Dr. Pedraza has published 22 articles in indexed and refereed international journals. (Cites 493; h index:13; i10 index:15). She has published 16 divulgation articles, one book chapter, and one patent granted in Mexico and in the USA. She has obtained funding to conduct independent research at the national level. She has directed undergraduate and graduate students.​​ She is a member of the Frontiers Editorial Board.

She is focused on the selection of human antibodies against different diseases through the immortalization of B cells. Currently, she is the Academic Liaison Officer in UDIBI.