Doctor in Social Communication Sciences. Teacher and researcher at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. Member of the National System of Researchers, level 1. Author of several books and articles, among them: Mexican cinema. From the global to the local (Ed. Trillas, 2003); The Mexican cinema. The cultural and national identity (Ed.Trillas, 2007); Cinema in the regions of Mexico (Ed. UANL, 2013), in coordination with Eduardo de la Vega and Tania Ruiz.