Léia Scheinvar
# Léia Scheinvar

Léia Akcelrad Lerner de Scheinvar is a Brazilian-Mexican botanist. She has dedicated her work to studying and protecting Mexico's cacti.

## Early life and education

Scheinvar was born in Brazil on 30 September 1954.

She received her doctorate in biology from the UNAM Faculty of Sciences in 1982.

## Career

She is responsible for the Laboratorio de Cactáceas in the botanical garden of UNAM.

