GOLD Speakers

Mariana Cortes, MD, IBCLC

• Speaker Type: 2026 Main Presentations
• Country: Mexico

Biography:

Mariana was born in Mexico City, and from an early age was interested in holistic health, art and respecting nature. She studied medicine at the National University of Mexico (UNAM), and found her passion as a pediatrician doing her residency at the National Pediatric Institute and further on I specialized in Infectious diseases in the Children´s Hospital of Mexico “Federico Gómez“ in Mexico city. She lives in Metepec and work in private practice combining prenatal care, pediatrics, infectious diseases management as well as holistic and integrative care. She has two homebirth children and breastfed for over seven and a half years including tandem feeding. Her passion in lactation begun as a La Leche League Leader and still continues in that organization since 2016 . Certified as a Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in 2019.

She is a member of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and the National Lactation Consultant Association of Mexico (ACCLAM). Co-founder of the International Feeding Choices Forum poor People Living with HIV (INFORM+), which aims to address critical challenges in providing accurate and balanced feeding choice advice to people living with HIV, advance medical research in this area, and promote evidence-based clinical practice amongst providers.

She has spoken at national and international conferences, co-published articles and always interested in breastfeeding projects as well as collaborating with midwifes, doulas and a fierce advocate of respectful birthing experiences. Her commitment is to protect humanized birth, focus on promoting a woman-centered, evidence-based and respectful approach to childbirth and breastfeeding while empowering families to make decisions about their health in a holistic informed way that respects our planet.