The Dean of the Faculty of Law of the Inca Garcilaso University, Javier Villavicencio, was in charge of the laudation. He outlined that she was the first Spanish speaking women to become a member of the Red AcademiaNet (the network of the most important scientific and academic women) on the motion of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is the president of the Section for Arbitrage and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce of Valencia and has a special scientific career that is linked to Germany (DAAD, Max-Planck, Alexander von Humboldt, doctoral thesis at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht of Freiburg).

During the ceremony, the scientific career of Barona was showcased. She has five six-year-period bonuses. In addition, she has written 20 books, 18 books (as editor), 467 chapters of books, 36 articles in foreign magazines, 45 articles in national magazines, 47 briefings, 1 translation and 28 prologues. 

She researches on the alternative dispute resolutions (ADR), particularly negotiation, mediation and arbitrage. She leads the group MedArb Valencia, formed by Spanish and international researchers. Her objective is to work in Asia, Australia, Europe and Latin America to disseminate the ADRs.   Additionally, her lines of research were highlighted: provisional prison, alternative measures, acceptance of the defendant, restorative justice, criminal mediation, the history of the criminal proceedings, the global society based on fear and Liquid criminal justice. She addressed the latter theme in her intervention at the Inca Garcilaso University.

It is the third time that she has been named honoured professor. She was first honoured by the Autonomous University Gabriel René Moreno (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia) and the University Örebro in Sweden. She was likewise named a full member of the Cuban Society of Procedural Law and an honoured member of the Faculty of Law of the University of Vigo, Ourense.