In the early 1990s, Claudia Sheinbaum, a young scientist, moved from Mexico City to Northern California with her family. She studied at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and lived in housing provided by Stanford University. Ms. Sheinbaum was immersed in a new life as an immigrant academic in the United States and protested the North American Free Trade Agreement. Now, as the next president of Mexico, her time in the U.S. provides crucial insights into her approach to U.S.-Mexico relations. She lived comfortably in California, audited a class on U.S.-Mexican relations, protested NAFTA, understood the immigrant experience, took a unique security strategy approach in Mexico City, and speaks English, signaling potential changes in U.S.-Mexico relations. She is poised to become the first woman to lead Mexico. Adblock test (Why?)