A powerful voice on women’s issues and shared social responsibility, Marta Sahagún de Fox played an active role in Mexico’s democratization, and offers audiences unique insight into the challenges facing Latin America. She has also dedicated her life to public service with efforts to promote education, women and children's health, the fight against poverty, and support for vulnerable groups.

As President of the Vamos Mexico Foundation, Marta de Fox inspires the vision of the organization, which is to enable Mexicans and Mexican Americans, in the U.S. and in Mexico, to overcome poverty, live in safe cities and towns, and have access to healthcare, jobs and resources that enable them to take care of themselves and their families.

As Chairwoman and President, Marta de Fox leads Vision Mexico in the dedication to create socially responsible leaders that will have an impact on society and the world through education, technology, and social participation, to help reduce extreme poverty.

Marta de Fox used the visibility afforded to the wife of Mexico’s President to take strong stands on social issues. She was effective in her support of a wide array of social causes, including involvement in one program that reduced the incidence of physical handicaps in Mexican newborns by 70 percent. She has helped provide access to computers to underprivileged youth, and has chaired numerous organizations that work on behalf of women, children, healthcare, and education.

Marta de Fox is a mother of three. Prior to her marriage to Vicente Fox, she served as his communications director as he rose from governor to presidential candidate to president, and was the first woman to act as the federal government’s spokesperson. A brilliant innovator, Marta de Fox revolutionized the way the Mexican government communicated with the public, and ushered in a new era of transparency in the government’s dealings with the press.