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.

She is currently the Director of the Research Center in Accounting (CEPAC) at ITAM and full-time professor at the Accounting Department at the same institution. At ITAM she has served as Director of the Program in Public Accounting and Financial Strategy, and as the Head of the Accounting Department. She is a Public Accountant from ITAM, has a Master's Degree in Finance, a Master's Degree in Accounting, a Master's Degree in Information Technology and Administration from ITAM and a Master's Degree in Accounting from Florida International University (FIU).

Currently, Cecilia is the Director of the Business Undergraduate and Associate Professor at ITAM.  Cecilia completed her undergraduate degree in Actuarial Sciences and MBA at ITAM. Subsequently, she completed her doctoral studies in Business Administration at Florida International University.

Professor Merino is the Director of the Master in Marketing Program and a full-time Professor at the  ITAM. Prior to her appointment at the ITAM, she was a Marketing Executive at Procter & Gamble, Sanwa Bank and the Spanish Board for Foreign Trade and Investment.  Professor Merino received a degree in Business Administration and Law from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (España), a Master in International Management from the ITAM and a Ph.D. in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Full time professor - researcher

Currently she is professor and researcher of the Business School. She has a bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from UAM.Azcapotzalco, a master’s degree in Engineering from UNAM, and a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy with an specialization in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Technological Change from Carnegie Mellon University in USA.

ANA MICAELA ALTERIO. PhD in Advanced Studies in Human Rights by Carlos III de Madrid University. Her thesis: ‘‘A democratic critique to neo-constitutionalism and its political and institutional implications” granted her the extraordinary doctorate award. She got her lawyer degree in the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Mendoza, Argentina. In the same province she was the Human Rights Coordinator until 2007, when she got the MAEC-AECI scholarship and went to Spain for her postgraduate studies.

She has been a member of ITAM’s faculty since 1994, teaching courses in Public International Law I and II, as well as Human Rights. She got her undergraduate law degree from ITAM. She holds a Master’s degree in Public International Law and is a Doctor of Laws, both from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad National Autónoma de México, UNAM),