Karla was a Senior Legal Advisor for the Mexican Federal Institute of Telecommunications, and the head of the Transparency and Data Protection Office of the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics. She has a well-established record of working with rural and indigenous communities in Mexico in connectivity and digital rights. Currently, Karla is the Policy Advocacy Chief at Redes A.C., and Researcher from the Mexican Center for Technology and Community Knowledge (CITSAC) and acts as a Technology, Policy and Digital Rights Researcher for Rhizomatica. She holds a JD (LL.B) from CIDE, and a Master’s in Law, Science and Technology, from Stanford University.