Laura Itzel Castillo

Laura Itzel Castillo Juárez (born 16 November 1957) is a Mexican architect and politician. She has served in both chambers of the Congress of the Union and in the forerunner of the Congress of Mexico City.

Biography

Laura Itzel Castillo was born in Mexico City into a political family: her father was the renowned leftist leader and engineer Heberto Castillo and her brother, , was the borough president of Coyoacán, Mexico City, from 2006 to 2009. She earned a degree in architecture from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in 1981. She left her seat in Congress when she was appointed borough chief of Coyoacán in 1999–2000.

In the 2024 general election, she was elected to the Senate from the national list of the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). In August 2025 she was elected to serve as president of the Senate during the second year of the 66th Congress (2025–2026), replacing Gerardo Fernández Noroña. In August 2026, President Claudia Sheinbaum invited her to serve in her cabinet as secretary of women.