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Alejandra Macías Delgadillo is the vice president and country director (Mexico) of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND). Delgadillo is an extraordinary advocate and expert in Mexico on the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Her work in legal empowerment and policy advocacy has had an impact on changing laws and practices at the national and regional levels, benefiting people in need of international protection.

Delgadillo served as the executive director and founder of Asylum Access Mexico, establishing the first leading national organization to provide legal assistance to refugees. She has managed public policy initiatives at the state, national, and regional levels to ensure due process and rights protection for refugees, positioning Asylum Access Mexico as the largest provider of legal advice for asylum seekers and refugees in Mexico.

She has published articles on the human rights of asylum seekers, refugees, migrants, and stateless persons. She got the first favorable ruling for which a person is recognized as a refugee by the court: The first sentence in Mexico issued on the human rights of asylum seekers and refugees by the Plenum of the Superior Court of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice. She subsequently obtained more favorable judgments for recognition of refugee status.

Additionally, Delgadillo is a co-chair of the steering committee of the Global Strategic Litigation Council for Refugee Rights, and since 2016, she has been a member of the Citizen Council of the National Institute of Migration of Mexico (Mexican government institution).

Delgadillo holds a master’s degree in human rights from Iberoamericana University (Mexico City) and a law degree from Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (Mexico).