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Dr. Heredia has been since 2009 an Associate Professor in the Department of International Studies at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Mexico City, where he is also part of the Interdisciplinary Program for Studies on Migration (CIDE-Mig).
His research focuses on the political economy of Mexican and Central American migrants to the U.S., Latino communities, as well as the domestic drivers of Washington's foreign policy.
He was a Member of Mexico’s 57th Congress from 1997 to 2000. He has held various positions in the Ministry of Finance, and the State Governments of Michoacán and of Mexico City. He was the spokesman for international and economic affairs during the presidential campaign of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas in 2000.
He has worked for 30 years with non-governmental organizations. Since 2012 he has served on the Advisory Board of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC, where he was appointed non-resident Global Fellow from 2020 to 2022. He is a founding and associate member of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI), and served as vice president of the organization from 2003 to 2006.
He did his undergraduate work at ITAM, and holds a Master's degree in Economics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and a PhD in Economics from Mexico’s National University, UNAM.
He has authored 7 books and over 80 articles, book chapters, research reports, and working papers, on foreign policy, international cooperation and development, migration, North American integration, multilateral banking and Mexico-China relations.
He writes a fortnightly article for El Universal, Mexico’s foremost daily, and is a frequent commentator in the media on North American issues.
