Professor Paulo Cesar Portilla Tirado studied Design and Visual Communication at the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and holds a Master's degree in Information Design from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), Cuajimalpa Campus.

He is an Associate Professor in the Division of Sciences and Arts for Design at the Azcapotzalco Campus and also teaches the classes "Production and Costs" and "The Message of Information" at CENTRO. Design, Film and Television.

His lines of research are the design and analysis of tactile and sound information and its visualization through maps; and the design of educational material taking into account new technologies.