Born in Mexico City, she is an Attorney from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, with a Master’s Degree on Diplomatic Studies from the Matias Romero Institute (IMR, by its Spanish acronym) and a Master's Degree on Security and Defense from the National Defense College, of the National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA, by its Spanish acronym).
She pursued her academic studies at the Mexico-United States Center of Studies from the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) and was the first Diplomat in Residence from the Mexican Foreign Service at the American University (AU) in Washington, DC. She has served as Director of Nationality and Naturalization at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position from which she helped to craft the constitutional reform of 1997 which made legal dual or multiple nationalities for Mexicans.
In 1999, she joined the Mexican Foreign Service as a Diplomatic Attaché and followed rigorously the ladder of ranks to become Ambassador. Subsequently, she was appointed Director of Protection Policies, a position in which she facilitated the implementation of the border liaison and consultation mechanism between Mexico and the United States.
In 2000, she was designated Director for the United States of America at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Between 2000 and 2001, she taught International Public Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA by its Spanish acronym). She has done research and written about issues related to dual nationality and citizenship, and national security and integration of North America. She speaks English fluently and has knowledge of French, Italian, and Hebrew.
Abroad, she was assigned to the Embassy of Mexico in the United States of America as Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2006. In September of 2006, she was detailed to the Ministry of the Interior as Deputy General Director for the North American region.
From 2009 to 2012, she served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Israel and Counselor for Economic, Commercial and Cooperation Affairs. In 2012, she was appointed as Counselor for Political Affairs at the Mexican Mission to the European Union. From 2013 to 2016 she was appointed Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of Mexico in New York and from 2016 to 2019 she served as Consul General of Mexico in San Diego, California.
On April 28th of 2017, she was promoted to the Rank of Ambassador of Mexico, and became the first Ambassador graduated from the Escuela Libre de Derecho, the most prestigious Law School in Mexico.
On June 24th, she took office as the Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles, California, after presidential nomination and Senate ratification. |