Dr. Elvira Carrillo Cárdenas graduated in Sciences, Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics; she has a University degree in Mathematics, specialized in
Statistics. She specialized in Fish Population Dynamics in Denmark, sponsored by
FAO.
She worked has an Adviser to the Republic of Yemen, was the Representative of
Cuba at the Scientific Committee of ICCAT; as an expert from the Fishery
Research Centre, she was an Adviser to the Ministry of Fisheries of Cuba; she is
currently working as Coordinator of the Sea Turtle National Programme of Cuba.