In 2001, she joined the faculty at UPR-RP[1] where she is a professor in the department of biology.[2] She is the director of the Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation at UPR-RP.[3][7] In May 2004, Cuevas became an adjunct faculty member in the department of management and conservation of natural resources in the faculty of veterinary and zootechnology at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán.[7]