Global Vice Chair

IPEN Latin America 

Rosalinda Ballesteros-Valdés PhD is the director for the Institute of Wellbeing Science at  Universidad Tecmilenio, considered the first Positive University. At Tecmilenio she previously held the position of Vice-president for High School Education, and designed the Positive Education Curriculum for 28 Tecmilenio High Schools (more than 15,000 students). Dr. Ballesteros-Valdés holds a PhD in Humanistic Studies by Tecnológico de Monterrey in México and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She has 25 years’ experience in education and curriculum design. Dr. Ballesteros-Valdés worked extensively in peace education programs, from Education for Peace International and Peace begins with children in México.