Xóchitl Gálvez
Bertha Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz (; born 22 February 1963) is a Mexican computer engineer, businesswoman and politician. From 2015 to 2018 she served as mayor of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City. Since 2018, she has served as a senator in the LXIV Legislature of the Mexican Congress. As senator she caucuses with the center-right National Action Party, but often adheres to progressive politics on social issues such as abortion, drug policies and social spending. She completed her studies in computer engineering at UNAM's School of Engineering. In 2023, she was named the candidate of the Broad Front for Mexico for the 2024 Mexican presidential election. Early years

Gálvez was born on 22 February 1963 in the town of Tepatepec, Hidalgo, to an Otomi father and a mestizo mother, also of partial Otomi ancestry. She claims that, as a child, she sold desserts at the local market to support her education and family. She moved to Mexico City to study computer engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), first working as a call center agent and later earning a position as a research assistant at UNAM's College of Engineering. She would obtain her degree in Computer Engineering in 2010, as per the information in the National Registry of Professionals (). A few years into her computer engineering degree,  she started working as a programmer and later as a systems analyst at the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (INEGI). She was also director of telecommunications at the Mexico City World Trade Center. From 2000 to 2006, she was head of the National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, during the administration of Vicente Fox. In the 2010 Hidalgo state elections, she was a candidate for governor of the state for the "Hidalgo Unites Us" coalition, made up of the National Action Party (PAN), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), the Labor Party (PT) and Convergencia. Gálvez came in second place, with 47% of the votes in her favor. Businesses and philanthropy 
In 1992 she founded the company High Tech Services, dedicated to the development of technology projects aimed at designing intelligent buildings, energy savings, process automation, security and telecommunications. She was also founder and CEO of the OMEI company, dedicated to the operation and maintenance of intelligent infrastructures. She won the Sé Líder Foundation award, the Zazil award in the social and humanitarian area, the recognition of "Commitment to Others" granted by the Mexican Center for Philanthropy and the "Pericles Medal", awarded by the Museo Amparo of Puebla for social merit. In 1999, she was recognized by the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, as one of the "100 Global Leaders of the World's Future". In 2000, Business Week magazine named her one of the 25 Latin American's New Business Elite. With the profits from her companies, in 1995 she created the Porvenir Foundation, which is dedicated to combating child malnutrition and helping women in indigenous areas. For this reason she was invited by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to participate at the Social Forum of Porto Alegre. Political career

Mayor of Miguel Hidalgo
In the 2015 Federal District elections, Gálvez was the National Action Party's candidate for the Miguel Hidalgo borough mayor. She won the elections with 32% of the vote and served from 1 October 2015 to 15 March 2018. Senator of the Republic
In the 2018 federal elections, Gálvez competed in the Senate race for Mexico City for the "Por México al Frente" coalition in conjunction with Emilio Álvarez Icaza. In addition, on the national list, she was nominated for a Senate seat by the Party of the Democratic Revolution. She failed to win the Mexico City seat but was elected to the Senate by proportional representation. Since 1 September 2018, she has been a member of the LXIV legislature of the Congress of the Union as a member of the National Action Party. On 29 April 2021, Gálvez announced she was switching from the National Action Party to the Party of the Democratic Revolution to guarantee that the party complies with the requirement of having at least five representatives in the Senate in order to be considered a parliamentary group. 2024 presidential candidacy 
In mid 2023, both Morena and the Frente Amplio por México ("Broad Front for Mexico", Va por México's successor) began processes to select the persons responsible for "coordinating" each of their respective coalitions, who will become the presidential candidate for their respective coalition once they are able to legally label them so. Although she originally sought to become Mayor of Mexico City, in late June she announced her intention to compete for the presidency in the 2024 general election. She quickly become a favorite in opinion polls amongst opposition candidates, leading to attacks and accusations from President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). On 30 August 2023, she was confirmed as the Broad Front's "coalition coordinator" (i.e. future presidential candidate). López Obrador has made frequent references to her in his morning press conferences, including allusions to supposed irregularities in her companies' contracts. He also divulged confidential information regarding the tax returns of her private companies and the various entities with which they conduct business. These, and other references, have resulted in orders from the National Electoral Institute (INE) prohibiting López Obrador from commenting on the 2024 elections. This perceived harassment ultimately led Gálvez to seek constitutional protection against his actions; however, this protection has not yet been enforced. References

1963 births
Living people
Politicians from Hidalgo (state)
Women members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)
National Action Party (Mexico) politicians
Party of the Democratic Revolution politicians
21st-century Mexican politicians
21st-century Mexican women politicians
Senators of the LXIV and LXV Legislatures of Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
Women members of the Senate of the Republic (Mexico)