Mónica Cruz has a postgraduate degree in Information Technology Applied to Organizations and a master's degree in Information Technology and Management. She is currently working on her PhD. Her academic career also involves a degree in psychology and a master's degree in counseling psychology and psychotherapy. She also has a postgraduate degree in Psychological Assessment with Projective Methodologies and completed theoretical professional training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. She currently works as a Software Tester at Korber. Her professional career was as a FullStack Developer. She is linked to the Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture Research Center (ISTAR-IUL). Her research interests include information technologies, gaming, animation, metaverse, virtual reality, virtual worlds, multiverse and social sciences. The works developed (scientific articles, conference articles and a book chapter) cover topics such as animation, gaming, reality, virtual reality, virtual worlds and the metaverse. She has participated in several scientific events. In his personal life, she enjoys reading, spending time with his family, playing games, watching animated films and travelling! Her vision of life includes: "To infinity... and beyond", "May the Force be with you", "Don't forget your inner peace", and "Go catch them all".