Diego Salazar Guerra
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Diego Salazar Guerra, from Monterrey, Mexico, is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He graduated summa cum laude from Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey with a bachelor’s degree in law and studied at Yale University as a visiting student. Diego aspires to strengthen Mexico’s rule of law and enhance the provision of public goods by improving government institutions and bridging the gap between policy design and execution. At Nuevo Leon’s Congress, Diego served as a policy advisor and was appointed by the Legislature as chief of staff for the Congressional Committee on Justice and Public Security. By engaging citizens, authorities, and lawmakers in policymaking, he helped achieve significant reforms in law enforcement, access to justice, and the defense of human rights. Diego is also a Fulbright–Garcia Robles Scholar and will pursue a joint master’s degree in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School.