Professor Inés Cornejo Portugal is a sociologist from the Catholic University of Peru in Lima and holds a master's degree in Communication from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, where she was also a Professor in the Department of Communication.

She holds a Ph.D. in Political and Social Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She is currently a Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Cuajimalpa Campus. She is a member of the National System of Researchers, level III.

Her recent publications include: Culturas en comunicación, entre la vocación intercultural y las tecnologías de la información; Juventud rural y migración mayahablante y Prójimos: prácticas de investigación desde la horizontalidad.