Alejandro Sánchez Flores

Alejandro Sánchez Flores is an MPP candidate at Yale originally from the California-Mexico rural borderlands. At the Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego, he supported the procurement of thousands of COVID-19 vaccines donated for Mexican industrial workers; the post-pandemic reopening of the Western Hemisphere’s busiest port of entry; high-level dialogues fostering sustainable cross-border mobility; and Mexico’s pavilion in the biotech industry’s largest conference.

He co-founded an LGBTQ+ advocacy platform in his home state of Baja California, promoting youth civic engagement and securing legislative approval for bills protecting marriage equality, trans-affirming identity laws, and a conversion therapy ban. He volunteered for organizations providing shelter to queer asylum seekers and migrants while serving on Tijuana’s inaugural LGBTQ+ policy advisory committee.

He holds a BA in international relations from Mexico City’s Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). He interned at a New York-based nonprofit promoting educational opportunities for underserved Mexican students and DACA recipients. His award-winning research has focused on the electoral disenfranchisement of Mexican immigrants in the U.S. and institutional autonomy in Mexican elections.