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Dr. Martha Graciela Lechuga Solís has a distinguished multidisciplinary academic background. She graduated from the National School of Anthropology and History in Mexico City and obtained her master's degree in anthropological sciences with a specialization in archaeology, presenting a thesis on Aztec economy and production in the chinampa system.

Her academic journey continued at the Institute of Development Economic and Social Studies (IEDES) at Sorbonne 1 in Paris, where she studied under a scholarship from the French government. She later completed her Ph.D. in sociology at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

During her stay in Paris, she became deeply acquainted with the work of Michel Foucault, one of the most influential French intellectuals of his time. Foucault's writing and the interdisciplinary approach to his research inspired Dr. Lechuga Solís to pursue a Ph.D. in philosophy, which she completed at UAM's Iztapalapa Unit in a joint project with the National University of Distance Education (UNED) in Madrid, Spain. She earned her doctorate with the thesis Literature, Resistance to Power, and Self-constitution: The Relationship Between Philosophy and Literature in the Work of Michel Foucault, for which she received the distinction of Cum Laude and the extraordinary award.

Throughout her career, she has delved into Foucault's thought, becoming a specialist in his work through constant reading of his books and research into his influence across various disciplines. Her expertise in this field led her to conduct research stays in Madrid and Washington, D.C., supported by grants from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco campus.

During her stay in Washington, D.C., she spent two years studying topics related to migration and new forms of governance for mobile populations, including the role of the Catholic Church in this phenomenon. She is also the author of the UAM Basic Library project, a collection aimed at disseminating university culture to the general public and highlighting the academic output of the university.

In the administrative field, she held various positions at the Xochimilco campus of UAM, including University Extension Coordinator and Coordinator of the Power Relations and Political Culture Area in the Social Sciences Ph.D. program.

Her research lines have focused on Michel Foucault's thought and the relationship between philosophy and literature. She has taught seminars in the graduate programs at UAM's Iztapalapa and Azcapotzalco campuses and is the author of the book The Literary Resonances of Michel Foucault, as well as numerous articles on the subject. She is currently working on a second book about the importance of literature in the French philosopher's research.

She has also taught seminars on the concept of power in the Social Sciences Ph.D. program at Xochimilco campus and is preparing a book on power and biopolitics, linking these concepts to the problem of diseases and their impact on the organization of social life, a research line that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a scholar of literature, she has also taught writing seminars in Spanish, contributing to the academic formation of students in this crucial area.

Finally, her studies on Latin America have focused on the relationship between power and the Catholic Church in the shaping of the region's societies. Dr. Lechuga Solís has worked on projects exploring the links between colonialism and religion in Mexico and Latin America, highlighting the differences between Latin American countries and the legacy of Hispanic-Catholic colonialism in the region.