KENYA SORAYA MARTÍNEZ PONCE
Full Biography
OUTREACH AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR OF BGF
Born in Mexico, she began her professional career as a Legal Advisor at the Electoral Institute of the State of Zacatecas in 1998. In 2002, she served as Secretary of Study and Account at the State Electoral Tribunal of Zacatecas.
In 2006, she worked as a Legal Advisor in the Coordination of Jurisprudence and Judicial Statistics at the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Branch.
Assistant Secretary in the office of Magistrate Amando L. Mabret Hernández at the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal District, from 2006 to 2010.
Judicial Advisor at the Mexican Association of Justice Administration, A.C., from 2013 to 2014.
Management Coordinator in the Presidency of Judge Gabriela del Valle Pérez at the Federal District Electoral Tribunal, from 2014 to 2015.
Auditor at the General Comptroller’s Office of the Federal District Electoral Tribunal, 2017.
Executive Secretary of the Guadalajara Regional Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary, from 2017 to 2019.
Private Secretary to Judge Gabriela del Valle Pérez at the Guadalajara Regional Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary, from 2019 to 2021.
Support Secretary in the General Secretariat of Agreements of the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary, 2021.
Academic Background;
PhD candidate in Law in the program “Constitutional Protection of Fundamental Rights” at the University of Alicante, Spain.
Specialist course in “Legal Argumentation” at the University of Alicante, Spain.
Master’s Degree in Electoral Law from the Autonomous University of Durango, Zacatecas Campus.
Law Degree from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas.
Doctorate in Law from the University of Alicante, Spain.
Distinctions:
Fellow of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation from 1996 to 2002.
Scholarship holder of the BANCAJA Foundation, Scholarship for Latin America.
Languages: Spanish, Italian, English.