Ma. del Carmen de la Peza Casares has a degree in Information Sciences and Techniques from the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico), PhD in Philosophy from Loughborough University (UK) in the Department of Social Sciences and in the area of Communication and Cultural Studies. Distinguished Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco since 2013; member of the National System of Researchers since 1998, currently level iii. Founding member of amic (Mexican Association of Communication Researchers) since 1979. Her publications are summarized in three self-authored books, 40 book chapters, 30 articles in specialized journals and coordinator of six collective works. She was Deputy Director of Scientific Development at Conacyt 2018-2020. She is currently working on issues of music, culture and politics, language policies in Mexico, and qualitative research methodologies and discourse analysis.