Florentina Zurita is Director of the Environmental Quality Research Center of the Ciénega University Center of the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. For almost 20 years, Dr. Zurita has conducted research on constructed wetlands and phytoremediation to optimize the removal of conventional and emerging contaminants from water and wastewater. She is a pioneer in proposing the use of ornamental/flowering plants in constructed wetlands and has strongly promoted the use of constructed wetlands in Mexico. She is currently working on the evaluation of the environmental impacts generated by the tequila industry, as well as on the evaluation of nature-based solutions for the treatment of the vinasse produced. Dr. Zurita is a member of the National System of Researchers of Mexico and Member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.