Virginia Garcia Acosta Virginia Garcia Acosta She has a degree and a master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Universidad Iberoamericana (1975, 1986) and a doctorate in History from the UNAM (1995), a member of the SNI level III. She is the founder and active member of several international networks, among which are the network: Network of Social Studies in Disaster Prevention in Latin America, the British Network Risk, Hazards, Disasters and Cultures: Exploring an Integrated Humanities, Natural Sciences and Disaster Studies Approach Network (AHRC), the International Network for Interdisciplinary Studies on Vulnerability, Social Construction of Risk, and Natural and Biological Hazards (CONACYT) and the International Network of Seminars on Historical Studies on Disasters.