Alejandra Galindo Marines is a Professor in the Department of Social Science at Universidad de Monterrey, Mexico. She specializes in Middle East Politics, with a special focus on Saudi Arabia. Professor Galindo is a member of the Mexican National Research System. She has conducted field research in Yemen, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Her research interests include issues on gender and citizenship and international relations of the Gulf, particularly Gulf-Latin America relations. Her publications include The Gulf and Latin America: An Assessment of Expectations and Challenges (2013) and The Gulf and Latin America: Exploring New Avenues of Exchange (2016), both published by the Gulf Research Center.​