Lilia graduated as a Surgeon and Midwife from the University of Monterrey, completed her specialty in Pediatrics at the Christus Muguerza Hospital endorsed by our Institution and later obtained a subspecialty degree in Pediatric Oncology from the Children's Hospital of Mexico “Federico Gomez” and the Autonomous University of Mexico. She also has a master's degree in Hospital and Health Services Administration from the University of Monterrey and a fellowship in Pediatric Bioethics from the Children's Mercy Hospital, in addition to being certified by the Mexican Board of Pediatrics and the Mexican Board of Oncology.

Additionally, she is author and co-author of several scientific publications and, since 2019, she has participated in our University as a professor and researcher. Part of her work experience includes the public sector, where she served as Undersecretary of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health of the State of Nuevo León from October 2021 to date.

In recent years, Lilia has held various positions related to pediatric oncology, such as: Latin American representative in Young Investigators in the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), secretary of the Board of Directors of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Oncology (SLAOP) and coordinator of Women in Oncology in the Mexican Society of Oncology (SMEO); and is a member of the Children's Oncology Group, the Mexican Association of Pediatric Hemato-Oncology (AMOHP) and the American Society Pediatric Hematology Oncology (ASPHO). She is also the founder of World Child Cancer Mexico, an international non-profit organization that supports children with cancer.