Marco Vinicio Garrido-Félix holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design and a Master’s Degree in Arts with a specialty in Diffusion from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. He began working at UDEM in 2000 as Assistant Professor of the Art, Architecture and Design Department, teaching theoretical and practical subjects in the Graphic Design Undergraduate Degree. In 2007, he was promoted to the Graphic Design Academic Program Director’s Office and of the Textile and Fashion Design Academic Program; in this position, he was in charge of each program’s planning, supervision and assessment and the attention of the corresponding students.

In 2008 he founded and directed UDESIGN, a series of international design conferences and exhibitions, created by the Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design at UDEM. In 2009 he was invited as Advisor to the second and third exhibits of the Good 50x70 international design event, and in 2010 he was a member of the jury in the fourth exhibit of the same event, held in Milan, Italy. In February 2011, he was voted in as representative of the Northern-Northeastern region, a commission belonging to the Mexican Association of Design Schools. In 2011 and 2013 he was invited as Director of UDEM’s Design Department, which is in charge of leading and assuring the quality and efficiency of the teaching, research and extension activities in one or several specific fields of knowledge. Since 2011 he´s a member of the Technical Board of Review General Assessment Degrees, which is in charge of the technical review of the areas of test (CENEVAL). Since 2011 he is a member of International Council of Communication Design (ICO-D) and was panelists for Icograda Educational Platform Meeting in Hong Kong, China. During 2012 and 2014, he was part of the Academic Senate of the University of Monterrey. During 2014 He founded and directed the UDEM Center New York, a space for research and creation in design, where he has taught and advised Final Projects. In 2015 he participated as jury of "A Design Award & Competition" in Italy and "Russian Design Week" in St. Petersburg and 2016 he participated as jury of " International Visual Identity Awards" in United Kingdom.