Dejanira Álvarez (Guadalajara, Mexico) is the General Director of the New York City International Book Fair (FILNYC) and the Associate Director of the Academic and Student Services Unit at the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute (MSI). In 2020, she founded the reading club Las Mimosas, with the goal of promoting reading and dialogue among women through literature. One of her key responsibilities is serving as the General Coordinator of the FILNYC Anthology, a project dedicated to highlighting the work of authors who write in Spanish, both within and beyond the United States. She also serves as a board member (vocal) of the New York chapter of the Seminario de Cultura Mexicana, the institution’s first chapter outside Mexico. Throughout her career, Dejanira has led a variety of projects focused on marketing, communications, and media strategies for sports and cultural events in both Mexico and the United States. She currently oversees the communication and media strategy for the Lorena Ochoa Foundation, an organization dedicated to enhancing education for children in Mexico.