Mauricio De la Maza-Benignos

Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos (July 27, 1970 –) is a Mexican conservationist, naturalist,[1] zoologist and multi award winning filmmaker.

He earned his bachelor's degree at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education,[4] a Master of Business Administration at The University of Lancaster,[5] a Ph.D. summa cum laude,[6] at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León,[7] studied Law (with honorific mention of excellence), under a merit scholarship at the TecMilenio University.,[8] earned an MA (with honorific mention of excellence) in Cinematography, Multimedia, Script Writing and Film Directing from the "Escuela Superior de Cine y Multimedia Ilumina".

In February 2020 he received the Conservation Award from the Arizona Game and Fish, for his professional career in favor of the wildlife and wetlands of the transboarder region between both countries.

He also co-authored with renowned gastropod expert, Dr. Robert Hershler, Research Zoologist and Curator of Mollusca at the Smithsonian, and his team, on cochliopid snails from thermal springs in northern Mexico.

Work centered on building capacity for freshwater and wildlife management, including large mammals and conserving the native Aparique trout and the Julimes pupfish, as part of the WWF-TCCC global partnership.

Mauricio de la Maza-Benignos (July 27, 1970 –) is a Mexican conservationist, naturalist, zoologist, artist , and filmmaker . He is also a member of Mexico's National System of Researchers. In addition to his work in ichthyology, he is an agronomist and zootechnician, a jurist, an administrator, and an editor.