María Elena Hermelinda Lezama Espinosa (born 29 September 1968), known as Mara Lezama, is a Mexican journalist and politician from the Morena party.

[1] She is the current Governor of Quintana Roo, becoming the first woman to govern the state.

[2] She was the mayor of Benito Juárez from 2021 to 2022.

She then became a candidate for Governor of Quintana Roo, supported by the Juntos Hacemos Historia alliance in the 2022 local elections, which she eventually won.

[3] In October 2024, she ordered the evacuation of Isla Holbox as a result of Hurricane Milton.