Juan Carlos Flores Miramontes

He is currently working, since 2018, as Secretary of Public Education of the State of Jalisco. He has a degree in physics from the University of Guadalajara; graduated from the pedagogy career from the Pan American University, he has an MBA from the Pan American Institute of Senior Business management and a diploma in management of educational centers from the Institute of Management of Educational Centers of the ICAMI. For more than two decades he has worked as a teacher, he has been a committed official, a determined promoter of STEAM education; in addition, he is a proud father of a family.e

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Indigenous Literature Award 2025

Octavio Aburto

He studied the bachelor's degree in marine biology at the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur; the master's degree at the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Sciences, and the PhD at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of California San Diego. 
He is a professor and researcher at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, but since 1994 he has dedicated much of his time photographing the marine and coastal ecosystems of Mexico; a professional activity that has led him to become part of the International League of Photographers for Conservation (ILCP) and to be an Explorer of the National Geographic Society.

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The sixth extinction: magnitude and consequences
Navigating Mexican seas in search of social, economic, and environmental well-being

Dina Buchbinder Auron

Founder and President of Education for Sharing, Dina Buchbinder Auron promotes global citizenship from childhood through the methodology "Play, Reflect, Act”, implemented in thirteen countries, and with more than 2.1 million people benefited. National Geographic Explorer and winner of the 2024 Wayfinder Award, she is also an Ashoka Fellow and Emerging Global Leader at the Harvard Kennedy School. She has created collaborations with stakeholders from sectors such as the LEGO Foundation, governments and universities to integrate play education, environmental regeneration and community leadership, inspiring creative solutions to social and environmental challenges.

Catalina López-Sagástegui

She is a marine biologist and master of science in biodiversity and marine conservation. She was a member of the scientific group in the projects of Alternative Futures for the cities of La Paz and Loreto, in Baja California Sur, and from the UC MEXUS Resident Researcher program. She has been the director of the Gulf of California Marine Program since 2017, which joined the Institute of the Americas in June 2021 as a programmatic line within the Environment and Climate Change Program. She is currently the Managing director of dataMares.
 

Other activities involving the participant:

The sixth extinction: magnitude and consequences
Navigating Mexican seas in search of social, economic, and environmental well-being