Ana is fascinated by the ways in which government institutions can—and perhaps must—deal with challenges raised by developments in technology, climate change, and meeting the basic needs of vulnerable people. While at Oxford, Ana has studied the ethical questions that underpin medical law, the theory of political institutions, and the role of the law in regulating intimate relationships. Ana has served as Co-Deputy Director of the Oxford Pro Bono Publico Committee, an organization that conducts high quality pro bono research on issues that have an impact on the public interest. She also organizes weekly seminars on feminism and current problems in public law. Before Oxford, Ana worked at the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice, where she provided assistance in drafting judgements and dissenting opinions on the most relevant cases to be solved by the judiciary. She then spent some time working for a civil society organization that works to improve the capacity of public institutions to prevent and sanction gender-based violence. During this time Ana designed and delivered a training program to build judicial capacity across five states in Mexico in order to strengthen the states’ capacity to respond to gender violence during COVID-19. She also worked with judges to help them identify gender stereotypes, so they are in a better position to redress the effects of discrimination during judicial proceedings. Ana is now a second year DPhil candidate in law. Her project studies the extent to which judges, legislators and executive officials must use the law to regulate the arbitrary use of private power.