Maira Madriz Mendoza, was born in Mexico City on September 3, 1979. She studied mathematics at the Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. She obtained both, her Master's degree in Mathematics in 2007 and her Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2012, at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, UAM. She specialized in Topology, more precisely in topics of convergence, under the direction of Prof. Richard Wilson Roberts.

He did his undergraduate studies (with honours) and his master studies in the Mathematics Department of the Science Faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, and his Ph. D. studies at the Mathematics Institute of the UNAM. During his Ph. D. studies he did a research stay, in Topology, from September 2007 to July 2008 in “The University of Toledo”, in Toledo, Ohio, USA. In June 2013 he did another research stay, also in Topology, in “The University of Delaware”, in Newark, Delaware, USA.

Studied accounting at ITAM and the master's in accounting at the University of Florida in conjunction with ITAM. Is an academic at the ITAM in the area of financial accounting, administrative and cost and is a member of the Not-for-Profit Entities Committe from the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants.

She has participated in the design and delivery of courses for entities with non-for- profit purposes and in courses for SCOTIABANK, projects online for ITAM and BANAMEX as well as research projects for the Ministry of economy in conjunction with ITAM. 

She is currently a part-time professor in the Academic Department of Accounting at ITAM, where she teaches and coordinates courses for undergraduate programs. She also teaches Diploma courses at the Executive Development area at ITAM. She earned a BA in Accounting and an MBA, both from ITAM, and is a Certified Public Accountant by the Mexican Institute of Public Accountants. Previously, also at ITAM, she held the position of Chief of Administrative Services and was a full-time professor.

Masters in Political Sociology from the Instituto Mora and BA in Philosophy from the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac. He also studied Political Science at ITAM and Theology at the Instituto Superior de Estudios Eclesiásticos de la Ciudad de México. 

She has a bachelor’s degree in Translation with a specialization in French from Universidad Intercontinental. She also has a Master of Arts in Humanities. In addition, she is completing a second Master’s degree in History of México from Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM). She has a teaching certificate in French, with a specialization in grammatical analysis, morphosyntax and grammar of Spanish, as well as several certificates in Humanities.

She has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish Language and Literature, with a teaching specialization, from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in Argentina, where she worked for several years as a full-time professor of Spanish grammar and linguistics. She has a Master of Arts degree in Hispanic philology from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain and a second master’s degree in Spanish language from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.