Karla Alejandrina Planter Perez

Karla Alejandrina Planter Pérez is an academic, a journalist, and a university administrator who comes from Guadalajara, Jalisco. She holds a bachelor's degree in Political Studies and Government from the Universidad de Guadalajara along with a master's degree in Political and Social Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) where she is also a doctoral candidate. She is currently the Rector of the Universidad de Guadalajara (2025-2031).

Throughout her career at the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), she has held several key positions, including Rector of the University Center of Los Altos, Administrative Secretary of the University Center for Social Sciences and Humanities, General Coordinator of Social Communication, and Academic Secretary of the General Academic Coordination. She has also coordinated FIL Pensamiento at the Guadalajara International Book Fair and has developed a solid journalistic career in university media. She was a founder of the newspaper.