Mexican. Doctor and Master of Anthropological Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa (UAM-I). Master in Social Psychology from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Specialty in Coordination of Operational Groups (EIDAC). Degree in Social Psychology from (UAM-I). Professor-Researcher of the UAM-I and, general coordinator of the diploma: "Youth Cultures. Theory and Research" (UAM-I). First place in the National Youth Thesis Competition 2011, in the doctoral thesis category, held by the Mexican Youth Institute (IMJUVE). Medal of University Merit for best average of his generation in the Doctorate (10). Medal of University Merit for best average of his generation in the Master's Degree in Social Anthropology (10). Honorable Mention in the Master's Degree in Social Psychology, for the best average of its generation (10). Member of the National System of Investigators (SNI-II), CONACYT. He has been a visiting professor at several universities in Central and South America. His lines of research are: youth cultures and identities; the meanings of bodies; imaginaries of violence and death; social use of drugs and spaces of divertimento. He has published more than 80 articles in collective journals and books, nationally and internationally.