Sylvia Paola Mendoza Elguea
Sylvia Paola Mendoza Elguea - Member
Sylvia Paola Mendoza Elguea is a Mexican career diplomat. She entered the Foreign Service in March 2010 and is currently posted to the United Nations Office at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she oversees issues related to contributions to international organizations, candidatures, and multidimensional security. She was previously posted to the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in New York, where she worked on sustainable development issues, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. Prior to that assignment, she was posted in Lima, Peru, for five years, where she worked on political issues, cooperation, and economic affairs. Before her posting in Lima, she worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City, where she participated in the organization of the Unity Summit in February 2010, during which the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was formed. She also worked in the Human Rights and Democracy Office of the Ministry, where she collaborated on the preparation of Mexico’s first Universal Periodic Review, presented to the UN Human Rights Council in 2009.
She graduated from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in May 2008 with a Masters of Arts in Law and Diplomacy. Her master’s thesis focused on the welfare effects of the adoption of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), particularly with regard to the trade in corn. She has published articles on the nexus between peace and development following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, as well as mental health discussions at the United Nations.
Sylvia Paola has lived in Mexico, US, Japan and Peru and enjoys running and taking spinning classes during her spare time, as well as watching sports on television, particularly the English Premier League. She is married and has a son named Zeus.