Mario Arriagada Cuadriello graduated in International Relations from El Colegio de México and Political Science from the London School of Economics. Originally a specialist in the intersection between politics and religion, together with Marta Tawil, he produced the book El fin del sueño secular: religión y relaciones internacionales en el cambio de siglo for El Colegio de México in 2013. He has subsequently developed as an active member of organized civil society and journalism in Mexico. He has been a regular contributor to ForoTV and to the magazine Nexos, where he was editor between 2011 and 2014. Founder of dissimilar organizations such as Ruta Cívica, HorizontalMx or Democracia Deliberada; more recently, and through his work in the Ideas section of Open Society Foundation, he has had the privilege of focusing on issues of economic justice, global affairs, as well as the uses and customs of international philanthropy.