Araceli has more than 20 years of professional experience. She has been Director and Deputy Director of Administration and Regional Finance Manager in civil society organizations and has worked in the administration of projects with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), among other international organizations. In transnational companies, she has also managed the financial administration of projects and contracts.

Araceli studied Business Administration at the Technological University of Mexico. She is a social worker and took courses in Sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She has a diploma in Civil Society Organization’s Management and Direction and is nearing completion of her Master’s Degree in Human Development from the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.