María Adela Balderas Cejudo (born in Bilbao in 1969) is a Basque university professor, consultant, conference speaker and author.

[2][3][4] She holds an international doctorate in business administration and management from the University of Deusto.

Balderas was born in Bilbao (Basque Country), the youngest of three children.

[citation needed] In 1992, Balderas earned a licentiate degree in English Philology at the University of Salamanca.

[citation needed] Balderas is associate professor at the Department of Management Humanism in Management and Economics (HUME) at the University of Deusto[6] and at the Deusto Business School[7] and associate professor at the Basque Culinary Center of the University of Mondragón.