Claudia Madrazo

Claudia Madrazo is founder and member of several educational, artistic, ecological and community development associations, both in Mexico and around the world.

In 1992, Ms. Madrazo founded La Vaca Independiente, a social enterprise focused on the principle of integrating art into daily life. She created “dia”, Development of Intelligence through Art, a method that has successfully trained more than 50,000 teachers as pedagogic mediators and learning facilitators.

In 2012, she founded Transformation through Art and Education, a non-for-profit organization with the vision to expand the boundaries of art.

She is also committed to and engaged in conservation and sustainability initiatives and sits on the boards of The Nature Conservancy, the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, and the National Geographical Society’s International Council of Advisors.

She has a degree in Communications and Mass Media from Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and a Master in Museums Studies from Essex University in the U.K. She is the author of nine books as well as numerous essays and articles.