Atzimba Baltazar Macías, Colectivo Meta - COMETA (Mexico)

Atzimba Baltazar Macías is a founding partner of Colectivo Meta (COMETA). Her area of expertise is the design and development of methodologies for analyzing and evaluating projects and public policies. During 2013, she worked at the Secretary General of the Federal Institute of Access to Information (IFAI) in Mexico, where she previously served from 2002 to 2007 as a case researcher of appeals submitted to IFAI regarding denials of information requests.

From 2010 to 2013, she worked as the Program Officer for the Mentoring Government Capacity for Budget Transparency and Participation Program at the International Budget Partnership where she assisted governments in Central America and Africa to strengthen their capacities to improve budget transparency and fostering dialogue with civil society organizations.

Atzimba holds a Master of Public Administration in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy from New York University and a BA in Public Administration from El Colegio de Mexico. She lives in Mexico City with her son and husband.