D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, D.V.M., M.Sc., graduated from Universidad de la Amazonia, School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, in Florencia, Colombia, in 2015. She completed a master of sciences in microbiology, Universidad Metropolitana, Barranquilla, Colombia, in 2019. She served as a Young Researcher, Public Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (UTP), in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. She is a member of the Colombian Infectious Diseases Association (ACIN) and the International Society for Infectious Diseases. She is a member of the Committee on Tropical Medicine, Zoonoses, and Travel Medicine of the ACIN. She has been recognized as Junior Researcher, Ministry of Science in Colombia, MinCiencias. She is a Professor of veterinary medicine and zootechnics, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Americas (FUAM), in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. She is a Lead Professor of the Zoonoses Research Incubator (SIZOO), FUAM. Her main research interest is the study of zoonotic tick-borne and vector-borne diseases.