Itza Amanda Varela Huerta is a research professor in the Department of Education and Communication at the University of California, Berkeley. uam-x. It is part of the snii-Conacyt, level I. Between 2020 and 2023, she was a professor-researcher in the ecg from El Colmex. D. in Social Sciences from the uam-x. He completed a postdoctoral stay at the ciesas-South Pacific. Taught at the uabjo, the ciesasEl Colegio de México, the uacm. He collaborated professionally in The Day and at the Miguel Agustín Pro-Juárez Human Rights Center. Her research focuses on various forms of racism, black-Afromexican political processes, feminisms, cultural studies and postcolonial criticism. Among her most recent publications is the book Tiempo de Diablos: uses of the past and culture in the process of ethnic construction of black-Afromexican peoples. (ciesas, 2023).