Rosa Vásquez Espinoza is a Peruvian chemical biologist and conservationist with Peruvian Amazonian and Andean roots. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Amazon Research Internacional, an organization focused on biodiversity. In this role, she leads high-impact research and conservation across the Amazon, uncovering new species, behaviors, and knowledge, restoring degraded habitats with medicinal flora, and revitalizing wildlife populations.