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He was Minister, Embassy of Japan in the U.S. (Global Affiliate Visiting Scholar, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University) (2018-19). He became Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles in 2019.

She continued her academic studies at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD) and was the first Diplomat in Residence from the Mexican Foreign Service at the American University (AU) in Washington, DC.

In 1999, she joined the Mexican Foreign Service as a Diplomatic Attaché and followed rigorously the ladder of ranks to become Ambassador.

She has served as Director of Nationality and Naturalization at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a position from which she helped to craft the constitutional reform of 1997 which made legal dual or multiple nationalities for Mexicans.

Subsequently, she was appointed Director of Protection Policies, a position in which she facilitated the implementation of the border liaison and consultation mechanism between Mexico and the United States. In 2000, she was designated Director for the United States of America at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Between 2000 and 2001, she taught International Public Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA by its Spanish acronym). She has done research and written about issues related to dual nationality and citizenship, and national security and integration of North America. She speaks English fluently and has knowledge of French, Italian, and Hebrew.

Abroad, she was assigned to the Embassy of Mexico in the United States of America as Chief of Staff from 2002 to 2006. In September of 2006, she was detailed to the Ministry of the Interior as Deputy General Director for the North American region.

From 2009 to 2012, she served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Israel and Counselor for Economic, Commercial and Cooperation Affairs. In 2012, she was appointed as Counselor for Political Affairs at the Mexican Mission to the European Union.

From 2013 to 2016 she was appointed Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of Mexico in New York and from 2016 to 2019 she served as Consul General of Mexico in San Diego, California.

On April 28th of 2017, she was promoted to the Rank of Ambassador of Mexico, and became the first Ambassador graduated from the Escuela Libre de Derecho.

On June 24th, she took office as the Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles, California, after presidential nomination and Senate ratification.

Pérez’s journalistic work has earned her four Golden Mike Awards from the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California (RTNA). The Golden Mike Awards are Southern California's most prestigious broadcast journalism prize. Add to that 5 Emmy awards for her work as a journalist and reporter for Univision Bay Area. With 10 nominations for her groundbreaking work in feature reports, special news reports and investigative reports, she was the most nominated woman in the Northern California Chapter of the 2019 Emmy Awards.

With 20 years of television experience in Mexico and the United States, Palmira was most recently the anchor of the 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. newscasts on Spanish-language station KDTV Univision14 San Francisco-Bay area . Before that she was news anchor in KWHY-22 for 16 years where her TV newscast was the highest rated among male viewers in Southern California.

Pérez has interviewed some of the world's most influential figures including Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mexican Presidential candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota, Mexican President Vicente Fox and Jaime Labastida. She has also interviewed such iconic figures and multiple Singers. In June of 2012 it was Palmira Pérez who made the historic announcement that KWHY-TV. Channel 22 will be the flagship station for the new Fox Spanish language network “MundoFox”.

Her extensive charity and mentoring work includes volunteering her time to The Mayte Prida Foundation, Latinas Lighting the Way for the Los Angeles Unified School District, Padres Con- tra El Cancer, The Girls Today Women Tomorrow Foundation and The Boys & Girls Club among many others.

She is a principal of “3 Wise Latinas” which is creating the healthiest generation of Latinas in history and provide women of all ages with empowering content for a fulfilling quality of life.

Pérez was born in the in the City of Guadalajara, Jalisco. She has a Law Degree from the University of Guadalajara.

She is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) as well as the President of the Alumni Association University of Guadalajara in Los Angeles. She is a member of the IME Advisory Council (CCIME), which functions as advisors and counselors to the Institute of Mexicans living in the United States. She is a board member of “ University of Guadalajara Foundation USA “. Most recently she was appointed a Board member at Japan House in Los Angeles, representing the Latino Community fostering relationships and good will with Japan.