Francisco Zepeda Trujillo collaborates as a research assistant at the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI). He is a Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Studies and a teaching fellow in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen's University (Canada). He also has been a Teaching Fellow in the School of Religion and an intern in the Queen's Doctoral Internship in University Administration (QDUIA). His doctoral research analyzes the relationship between culture, religion and politics in Mexico in the 20th century. Specifically, he uses archival research and discourse analysis to explore the interaction and evolution of political and social imaginaries, both religious and secular, and their role in the construction of Mexican national identity. On the one hand, Francisco studies the diaries of debates of key legislative processes that led to the promulgation or reform of constitutional texts in Mexico. On the other hand, he investigates the imaginaries of social movements such as the Cristeros, the EZLN and conservative and progressive religious groups, which exemplify some voices traditionally excluded by political elites that have contested the hegemonic narrative of the Mexican state. He holds an M.A. in Religious Studies (Queen's University 2019), an M.B.A. (Texas Tech University 2003) and a B.A. in Philosophy (Universidad Panamericana 2001).