Core Team

Diana Palomares
Diana Palomares is a promoter of cultural exchanges and personal development. She believes in the power of staying positive. In the professional area, she is part of the Finance and Operations team at Devex where her objective is to provide tools and establish guidelines that allow employees to enjoy their...

Ana Isabel Abad
Ana Isabel Abad, originally from Mexico City, is currently President of the Washington DC Chapter. She has a degree in International Relations and Economics from George Washington University, she currently works as a Latin American researcher at the political risk analysis consultancy Eurasia Group. She has collaborated with different research...

Pablo Orozco
Pablo Orozco, from Mexicali, Baja California, works as an investigator and auditor in a US Federal agency. He has worked as an entrepreneur, an international trade specialist in the US foreign service, a tour guide in France, and the director of an environmental NGO on the US-Mexico border. He has...
Steering Committee

Franchely Vidales
Franchely Vidales, originally from Aguascalientes, Ags., moved to the United States at age 19 and continued her education at the Maryland Global Campus in marketing and business administration. She currently works in the administrative area of a real estate company; In 2020 she also decided to become an interior designer. She has collaborated with several […]

Carolina Ruiz
Carolina Ruiz, originally from Nogales, Sonora, with a degree in Organizational Communication from the Universidad de Sonora. She has worked as a social communication correspondent and community manager for various advertising and marketing companies. She has always sought to be active in social organizations that support others and is passionate about philanthropy. She is currently […]

Edna Aguilar McEvoy
Edna Aguilar, originally from Mexico City, where her interest in urban design and transportation began. She studied civil engineering at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. There, she conducted research in the area of pedestrian / bicycle safety and in the area of public health in relation to public transportation. Today she works as […]

Cristina Cárdenas
Cristina Cárdenas was born in Mexico City and, although she has lived outside of Mexico on several occasions, her roots have always made her bond with her country of birth. She is a specialist in the design of intervention models for the use and exploitation of technology in teaching-learning processes, mainly in the educational and […]

Gabriela Dehesa-Azuara
Gabriela Dehesa-Azuara was born in Mexico City and moved to the United States when she was very young. She returned to Mexico every summer to be close to her family, her cultural roots, and cultivate her passion for Mexican gastronomy. She has a degree in Political Science from McGill University in Canada, a Master’s in […]

Marcela Zavala
Marcela Zavala is originally from Puebla and has an accounting degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla. She has worked in individual and business Taxes in the United States for eight years. She currently works at a firm that helps taxpayers resolve their tax matters with the IRS and the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio. […]
