Vanessa Calva Ruiz is a member of the Mexican Foreign Service currently serving as the Liaison to the U.S. Senate at Mexico’s Embassy to the United States. She previously served as Consul for Community Affairs in Los Angeles and Consul for Legal Affairs in Denver. She has an MA in International Studies from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and an MA in Diplomatic Studies from the Matias Romero Institute Diplomatic Academy. She taught at the Technological Autonomous Institute of Mexico (ITAM) where she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in International Studies, and has been published in ITAM’s Journal of Law.