Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico have a special relationship. As people, as businesses, as communities, we are intertwined on multiple levels. It's our honor this month to be joined at breakfast by Rafael Barceló Durazo, Consul of Mexico in Tucson. Rafael will speak about his role as a representative of the Mexican government, as a Tucsonan, and as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. We will have a chance to learn about the ins and outs of Mexican marriage equality, trans & non-binary identities in relation to government IDs, Mexican perspectives on DEI, the role of the consulate in the community, and more. 

This month's breakfast will be held at the YWCA, catered again by the magnificent Fluxx Productions, and sponsored by Gaymber founding member Brad Sensenbach of Tierra Antigua Realty and his partner Sebastian Osuna. 

About Our Speaker

Rafael Barceló Durazo was appointed Consul of Mexico in Tucson, Arizona, and took office on August 1st, 2020. Previously, he served as Deputy Director General for International Policy on Human Rights at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for international migration and refugee on multilateral fora,
and for the representation of cases at the Universal and Inter-American Human Rights Systems, as well as other civil and political rights.

He is a career diplomat in the Mexican Foreign Service since 2010. He also served as a Press and Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Mexico in Brazil and as Political Affairs and Human Rights Attaché at the Embassy of Mexico in Costa Rica, also performing as Mexican liaison officer at the Inter-American Human Rights Court. He was also a consultant at the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice, a supervisor at the Institute of Youth in Sonora state, and at the Mexican Investment Consultant Office located in Hermosillo, Sonora.

Consul Rafael Barceló is a Lawyer by the University of Hermosillo and has a master’s degree in Administration and Public Policy by the Mexican Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE). He was an exchange student at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (New York) and was a professor on public policy and public finances at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. At the University of Arizona has taught the Seminar: The Otherness and how migration and integration shape and reshape identities.

Follow Consul Barceló Durazo on his Twitter account: @barcelodurazo