Reyna Torres Mendívil is Mexico’s general director for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad. Before assuming her current responsibilities in April 2013, Torres Mendívil was the Mexican consul in Fresno, California. She has held various positions within the Department of Foreign Affairs including deputy general director for International Policy on Human Rights and deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of Foreign Relations. In 2006, Torres Mendívil was an advisor in the International Affairs Coordination within President Calderon’s Transition Team. She was appointed deputy chief of mission at the Mexican Embassy in the Czech Republic in 2001 and also served in the Embassy of Mexico in the United States from 1996 to 2000 as a political analyst and liaison with Congress, federal authorities, and NGOs regarding human rights, drug trafficking, and elections. Torres Mendívil was a resident Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University from 2005 to 2006. She graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics.