Florencia Ardon

Florencia Ardon is an educator passionate about supporting students’ learning through evidence-based

teaching. Her personal and professional paths have given her intimate knowledge about the challenges

faced by a variety of student populations including international, graduate, and neurodivergent students.

Originally from Mexico, she pursued her MS and PhD in Germany after working for a genetic

improvement company. After returning to Mexico, she continued working in life sciences research, first as

a postdoctoral fellow at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and then as a tenured professor at

the Autonomous University of Baja California.

In 2010, she and her family moved to Ithaca, New York, where she continued working as a researcher at

Cornell University for a few years, until changing career paths to teach and to provide academic advising

to Cornell undergraduates. Her scientific training shapes her approach to teaching, advocacy work and

daily life.

As a neurodivergent educator whose family is also neurodivergent, and through her conversations and

collaboration with multiple neurodivergent and disabled students and peers, she has gained a deep

understanding of the needs of neurodivergent people in higher education.