Jared Hortiales is Co-Founder and Project Director of RIVHOR. He has served as a director at Grupo Horva de México and as a consultant at Ingeniería Electoral Consultores. He contributes as a columnist to Mexican outlets, including the Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano and the Revista de la Cámara de Diputados.
He has completed undergraduate programs in Political Science and Public Administration at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Public Security at the Universidad Digital del Estado de México, and Law at the Universidad Virtual del Estado de Guanajuato. He has also completed a master’s program in Public Administration and Government at UDEMÉX.
He received a scholarship from the Organization of American States and the Organismo Internacional de Juventud para Iberoamérica to pursue Computer Science Engineering and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity at MIU City University in Miami, Florida. He is also studying Computer Systems Engineering with a specialization in Cybersecurity in the Latin American International Studies Division of Saint Leo University in Florida.
In 2024, he participated as a delegate in the Summit of the Future during the United Nations High-Level Week in New York. He has been recognized as a representative of Mexico to the Major Group for Children and Youth for ECOSOC 2025 and 2026. He has also participated as a delegate in the World Bank Group Youth Summit in Washington, D.C., in 2025 and 2026, and in the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in New York.
In Europe, he participated as a youth representative in the FAO World Food Forum 2025 in Rome and as a youth delegate in UNCTAD Youth Forum 16 in Geneva in 2025.
He is the author of La nueva era de la ingeniería electoral, presented at Florida International University’s Biscayne Bay Campus, as well as Politikids and Programa Alternativo de Gobierno.
He received Tijuana’s Municipal Youth Award 2025 in the Humanism category, the Baja California State Youth Award 2024, and the Napolitan Victory Awards’ Youth Leadership Award 2023. He has obtained certifications in government, security, and web development from institutions including the University of California San Diego, Full Sail University, and The New School.
As a speaker, he was invited to Strengthening Civil Society Voices in Drug Policy for Sustainable Development, held during the United Nations High-Level Political Forum at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. He also spoke at the Cumbre Mundial de Comunicación Política at Florida International University in Miami and has addressed events at Mexico’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies.