Beatriz Zepeda is a researcher from Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial. She holds a PhD in Ethnicity and Nationalism and an MSc in International Relations, both from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research focuses on migration, borders, nationalism, identity, and foreign policy and, since 2014, she has concentrated on the study of the Mexico-Guatemala border, especially its security dimension. Beatriz brings a geopolitical dimension to the work of MEMO.