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Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is the (Let's Continue Making History) coalition candidate for the presidency of Mexico. 听She is a Mexican politician and environmental engineer who served as mayor of Mexico City from 2018 until 2023, the first woman and Jewish person to hold the role. Sheinbaum is the granddaughter of听 from Eastern Europe and the child of two scientists who participated in the 1968 student movements in Mexico City.听

She studied at Universidad Nacional Aut贸noma de M茅xico (UNAM), receiving a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in physics, a Masters in energy engineering, and a doctorate in environmental engineering. Her dissertation focused on energy consumption trends in Mexico and she conducted doctoral research at the University of California's Berkeley Lab. She returned to her alma mater in 1995, working as a faculty member of engineering. Throughout her time at UNAM, both as a student and as a professor, Sheinbaum remained active in politics, helping found the student-led Revolutionary Democratic Party in听.

Sheinbaum first entered politics in 2000, serving as Secretary of the Environment for Mexico City, under Andr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador鈥檚 (AMLO) administration as the mayor of Mexico City. Significant accomplishments during her tenure include the creation of the first line of the听尘别迟谤辞产煤蝉, Mexico City鈥檚 bus rapid transit system, and the construction of the second level of Mexico City鈥檚听辫别谤颈蹿茅谤颈肠辞, the city鈥檚 outer beltway. Sheinbaum left the role in 2006 to join AMLO鈥檚 presidential campaign team and participated in AMLO鈥檚听gobierno leg铆timo (legitimate government), as the secretary of national patrimony.

Two years later, Sheinbaum played a key role in听听Movimiento en Defensa del Petr贸leo听(Oil Defense Movement), a movement in opposition to former president Felipe Calder贸n鈥檚 attempt to privatize Pemex (Petr贸leos Mexicanos). Following AMLO鈥檚 presidential election loss in 2006, Sheinbaum returned to her academic career, teaching classes at UNAM and conducting research on engineering challenges in Mexico City, specifically on water and mobility. During this time, she served as a member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The panel, alongside Al Gore, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.听

In 2014, Sheinbaum officially resigned from the听Partido de la Revoluci贸n Democr谩tica, also known as PRD (Democratic Revolutionary Party), and joined AMLO鈥檚 newly created political party,听Morena, formally known as听Movimiento Regeneraci贸n Nacional (National Regeneration Movement). From 2015 until 2017, she served as the mayor of Tlalpan, Mexico City鈥檚 largest borough, during which she faced staunch criticism for the collapse of a school, Colegio Rebsamen, which resulted in the deaths of 26 people, including 19 minors, following the September 19th, 2017 earthquake.听 argue that poor infrastructure, fueled by corruption and insufficient permitting, of apartments on top of the elementary school substantially weakened the building鈥檚 structure, ultimately causing its collapse. In 2018, Claudia was one of candidates to run for the position of mayor of Mexico City and won approximately 50% of the vote. She is the first woman to be elected to the role of mayor - though not the first woman to hold the position.听

Sheinbaum has stated that her academic and professional background shaped her approach to politics and that it is substantially different from other politicians.听her training in physics motivates her to seek out the 鈥渞oot causes鈥� of issues and her engineering training provides the perfect complement, pushing her to look for and understand 鈥渢he how鈥� of problems - both of which are fundamental to her work in politics. More broadly, her mayoral campaign platform prioritized addressing inequality in terms of access and services, particularly in terms of public transportation and Mexico鈥檚 increasingly severe and pervasive water challenges.听

Sheinbaum鈥檚 campaign put forth听 such as further investments in water recycling and treatment plants, finding and developing water sources outside of Mexico City, and subsidizing rainwater collection. In terms of mobility, Sheinbaum sought to increase funding and investments in formal public transportation (such as bus lines, trains, and cable cars), while also reducing informal transportation systems and enforcing stricter environmental standards for cars.听

Sheinbaum鈥檚 tenure as mayor of Mexico City was marked by difficult circumstances, namely addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as insecurity challenges, gender-based violence, and high inflation. The collapse of Line 12 of Mexico City鈥檚 metro, which resulted in the death of 26 people and injured听 98 others, will be part of Sheinbaum鈥檚 legacy. Her management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City won positive recognition. In fact, her administration鈥檚 response to vaccinations was replicated in other parts of the country given Mexico City鈥檚 success, such as听online vaccinations to speed up the process and avoid gathering of large crowds.听

Beyond the tangible accomplishments of Sheinbaum鈥檚 time in office, but perhaps even more important, was her ability to maintain a听 with AMLO and Morena, while staying true to her scientific and empirical roots. While Sheinbaum鈥檚 political future remained unclear in the months leading up to the election, she was seen as a forerunner for Morena, with some even going so far as to say that her candidacy was foreshadowed by comments made by AMLO in September 2021. Throughout the summer, Sheinbaum toured the country, eventually winning five national polls and beating the five other Morena hopefuls. Morena named Sheinbaum its candidate on September 6th, 2023.听