Maria D. Ballesteros

Maria D. Ballesteros is a Postdoctoral Researcher in History at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CIALC) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and collaborates with CAIINNO (Center for Analysis for Research in Innovation).

Her academic credentials include:

• Doctorate in Social Sciences from the Monterrey Campus of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
• Master's in Modern and Contemporary History from the Dr. José Ma. Luis Mora Institute
• Bachelor's in English Philology from the University of Alcalá with specialization in African American literature

Her research critically examines:

• Visual representations of Afro-descendants in Latin America during the 18th-19th centuries
• Construction of identities through Mexican secondary education textbooks

She has presented findings internationally across Canada, the United States, Spain, and Mexico, demonstrating transnational scholarly engagement in historical and sociocultural analysis.