Dr. Nicté Fabiola Escárzaga holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Latin American Studies, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). She holds the highest academic rank of National Researcher Level III in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadoras e Investigadores (SNII). She has an extensive background in postgraduate education, having served as a lecturer and advisor in the Graduate Program in Latin American Studies at UNAM, alongside teaching in graduate programs across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile. Since 2023, she has been a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Argumentos. Estudios Críticos de la Sociedad, published by the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities at UAM Xochimilco.

She serves as a Full-Time Professor (Level C, affiliated since 1997) within the Critical Studies of Latin America Research Area in the Department of Politics and Culture of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Xochimilco.

Her scholarly output includes editing 11 collective volumes, publishing over 100 articles and chapters across Germany, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, the United States, Mexico, and Peru, and authoring the books El indio en la obra de José Carlos Mariátegui, Fausto Reinaga y Felipe Quispe (Autodeterminación, 2016) and La comunidad indígena insurgente en Perú, Bolivia y México (1980–2000) (Plural / UAM, 2017). Her research focuses on indigenous-led armed insurgencies and counter-insurgencies in Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia; Latin American indigenous movements; progressive governments; and indigenous policies and "Indianist" discourses through a comparative framework. Her methodological approach integrates in situ field research, news archive analysis, engagement with local actors, and the study of regional fiction literature.