Elisa Velázquez

Bachelor's Degree in sociology from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and a postgraduate degree in history from UNAM. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH), is a full-time researcher at the National Coordination of Anthropology, professor of Afro-descendants, heritage and cultural diversity in Mexico in the Postgraduate Program of History and Ethnohistory of the ENAH and head of the National Research Program on Afro-descendants and Cultural Diversity in Mexico, of the INAH. She is also vice-president of the Scientific Committee of UNESCO's International Project The Slave Route: Resistance, Freedom and Heritage. She is the author of articles and books, including: Mujeres de origen africano en la capital novohispana, siglos XVII y XVIII (INAH-UNAM, 2006), Debates históricos contemporáneos: africanos y afrodescendientes en México (INAH, 2011)); Juan Correa, mulato libre, maestro de pintor (Conaculta, 1998), and recently coordinated with Carolina González the book Mujeres africanas y afrodescendientes: experiencias de esclavitud y libertad en América Latina y África (INAH, 2016). She coordinates the Africanía editorial series, which has 9 volumes.