Maricruz Castro Ricalde is Professor of Humanities at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico. Her books include Detrás de las sombras: Escritoras cinematográficas en el cambio de siglo en México (with Diego Sheinbaum, 2024), Global Mexican Cinema: Its Golden Age (with Robert McKee Irwin, Bloomsbury, 2013), and El cine mexicano “se impone”: Mercados internacionales y penetración cultural en la época dorada (with Robert McKee Irwin, 2011). She is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNI) and the Mexican Academy of Sciences.