23 Notable alumni of Metropolitan Autonomous University
Updated: May 21, 2026 EliteDegrees
Metropolitan Autonomous University is ranked #642 in the world and #3 in Mexico by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Metropolitan Autonomous University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Metropolitan Autonomous University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Elisa Loncon
1963-. (aged 63)
university teacher
writer
linguist
researcher
essayist
Elisa Loncón Antileo is a Mapuche linguist and indigenous rights activist in Chile. In 2021, Loncón was elected as one of the representatives of the Mapuche people for the Chilean Constitutional Convention. Following in the inauguration of the body, Loncón was elected President of the Constitutional Convention. This role, along with her academic career, has placed her at the center...
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2. Ricardo Patiño
1955-. (aged 71)
diplomat
economist
politician
Ricardo Armando Patiño Aroca is an Ecuadorian politician who served as minister of foreign affairs from 2010 to 2016, under the government of President Rafael Correa. Previously he was minister of finance and minister of the coast. He is one of the ideologists of The Citizens' Revolution, which, with Correa, wanted to gradually introduce a democratic socialist government in Ecuador....
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3. Tessy María López Goerne
1960-. (aged 66)
academic
Tessy María López Goerne is a Mexican solid-state chemist, professor, researcher, academic, and popular science communicator. She has specialized in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine, as well as being a pioneer in catalytic nanomedicine. She directs the Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine Laboratories at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco (UAM-X) plant and the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery.
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4. Ilan Stavans
1961-. (aged 65)
university teacher
lexicographer
writer
comics writer
linguist
Ilan Stavans is a Mexican-born Jewish-American writer and academic. He writes and speaks on American, Hispanic, and Jewish cultures. He is the author of Quixote (2015) and a contributor to the Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (2010). He was the host of the syndicated PBS show Conversations with Ilan Stavans, which ran from 2001 to 2006.
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5. Mónica Lavín
1955-. (aged 71)
writer
literary critic
journalist
screenwriter
Mónica Lavín is a Mexican author of eleven novels, various books of nonfiction, and thirteen short story collections, notable among them Ruby Tuesday no ha muerto (1996 recipient of the Gilberto Owen National Literary Prize); Uno no sabe (2003, finalist for the Antonin Artaud award); and her most recent collection, La corredora de Cuemanco y el aficionado a Schubert (Punto...
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6. Beatriz Mojica Morga
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Beatriz Mojica Morga is a Mexican politician. At different times she has been affiliated with both the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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7. Ramón Montalvo Hernández
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Ramón Montalvo Hernández is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PRD. From September 1, 2012, to August 31, 2015, he served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing the State of Mexico. He also served as the Municipal President (Mayor) of Valle de Chalco from 2006 to 2009 and again from 2016 to 2019.
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8. Verónica Escobar Romo
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
Verónica Escobar Romo is a Mexican lawyer and politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In 2012 she served as Mayor of Acapulco succeeding Manuel Añorve Baños.
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9. Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo
1958-. (aged 68)
civil servant
engineer
Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo is an environmental engineer and a civil servant of Mexico. Since April 2022, he was appointed Special Envoy on Climate Matters to the United Nations as Director for Climate Action and Environment for Latin America at the OECD.
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10. Rafael Tovar y de Teresa
1954-2016 (aged 62)
civil servant
lawyer
diplomat
writer
Rafael Tovar y de Teresa was a Mexican diplomat, lawyer, scholar and historian. He was ambassador of Mexico to Italy between 2001 and 2007 and the second president of the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA), a position he held on three separate occasions until the Council became the Secretariat of Culture in the cabinet of President Enrique...
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11. Diego Luna
1979-. (aged 47)
film producer
film actor
stage actor
film director
television actor
Diego Dionisio Luna Alexander is a Mexican actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Cassian Andor in Rogue One (2016) and its prequel series Andor (2022–2025), for which he was nominated twice for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama.
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12. Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller
1969-. (aged 57)
writer
Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller is a Mexican writer, journalist, researcher, and the wife of the 65th president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
13. Rosario Robles
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
María del Rosario Robles Berlanga is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of Social Development in the cabinet of President Enrique Peña Nieto. She also was substitute Head of Government of the Federal District (Mayor of Mexico City) when Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas resigned from the post to run in the 2000 presidential election. She was the first female mayor...
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14. Juan Villoro
1956-. (aged 70)
children's writer
novelist
sociologist
journalist
translator
Juan Antonio Villoro Ruiz is a Mexican writer and journalist and the son of philosopher Luis Villoro. He has been well known among intellectual circles in Mexico, Latin America and Spain for years, but his success among a wider readership has grown since receiving the Herralde Prize for his novel El testigo.
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15. Clara Brugada
1963-. (aged 63)
economist
civil servant
politician
Clara Marina Brugada Molina is a Mexican politician and economist serving as the head of government of Mexico City after winning the 2024 election. A member of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena), she formerly served as mayor of the borough of Iztapalapa and as a federal and district legislator.
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16. Carla Estrada
1956-. (aged 70)
television producer
Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.
17. Irma Eréndira Sandoval
1972-. (aged 54)
academic
political scientist
Irma Eréndira Sandoval Ballesteros is a Mexican politician and scholar, expert in public administration and corruption control. In 2018 she was appointed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as head of the Ministry of Public Administration. Prior to her designation, in 2016, she was elected member of Mexico's City Constituent Assembly, where she was vice-coordinator of Morena's parliamentary fraction and...
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18. Jorge Antonio Guerrero
1993-. (aged 33)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Jorge Antonio Guerrero is a Mexican actor born on August 11, 1987. He is most noted for his performance as Fermín in the 2018 film Roma, for which he was an Ariel Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 61st Ariel Awards in 2019. He has also appeared in the television series Luis Miguel: The Series, Narcos: Mexico, Crime...
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19. Dolores Padierna
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
María de los Dolores Padierna Luna is a Mexican politician. A founding member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), she left the party in September 2017. She later joined the National Regeneration Movement (Morena).
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20. Alfonso Durazo Montaño
1954-. (aged 72)
lawyer
civil engineer
politician
Francisco Alfonso Durazo Montaño is a Mexican politician who served as chief spokesman and private secretary of President Vicente Fox. Representing the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), he is the current governor of Sonora.
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21. Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez
1985-1989 (aged 4)
politician
economist
Arturo Herrera Gutiérrez is a Mexican economist and former member of the Cabinet of Mexico designated as Secretary of Finance and Public Credit by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to replace Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías on July 9, 2019, ratified on July 18, 2019, by the Chamber of Deputies.
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22. Maritza M. Buendía
1974-. (aged 52)
essayist
Maritza M. Buendía is a Mexican writer, winner of the Gilberto Owen National Literature Prize (2012) and the José Revueltas Bellas Artes Prize for Literary Essay (2011).
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23. Lucrecia Hernández Mack
1973-2023 (aged 50)
politician
physician
Lucrecia María Hernández Mack was a Guatemalan physician and politician who served a deputy of the Congress from 2020 until her death in 2023. In July 2016, President Jimmy Morales nominated Hernández Mack as the minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, becoming the first woman to serve in that position. In 2017, she resigned from her position in protest...
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