Sociologist, PhD in Communication, researcher in Latin American film andiovisuals, former consultant at UNESCO, undergraduate and graduateprofessor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, and other universities, member of the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (Conacyt), former public officer in national andregional film institutions in Argentina, former consultant to the European Audiovisual Observatory and Cuban New Latin American Cinema Foundation, co-founder of two Latin American Film and Audiovisual Observatories.
Adviser to the Culture Commission in the National Parliament of Mexico.
Speaker, author of two books, 18 chapters in academic compilations, and 52 papers and articles about film, audiovisual and cultural industries related to production, markets, commercialization and new technologies in the
United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, and Uruguay.