Jenny Pontón Cevallos (Quito). Ph.D. in Social Sciences, specializing in Political Studies, from FLACSO Ecuador. She has served as a professor-researcher at FLACSO, at the Higher National Studies Institute, and at the University of the Americas (UDLA), as well as a visiting professor at the University of Cuenca and the Simon Bolivar Andean University. She is the editor of Íconos, Revista de Ciencias Sociales.