Honorary Consul of Spain, Martha Vera, is a native of El Paso, TX. She was appointed as Honorary Consul of Spain in El Paso in 2015. She owns The Vera Group, LLC.

She holds a master’s in International Law, Foreign Trade, and Foreign Relations from Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia in Madrid, Spain. She also holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in Biology, Cell Biology and Virology. She is a Corresponding Academic and Delegate of the Instituto de Estúdios Historicos Bances y Valdes in Oviedo, Spain. She also holds an Executive Diploma from the United Nations’ Institute for training and Research in International Diplomatic Law for Honorary Consuls. She is President of the Board of the Paso del Norte World Affairs Council. She is a member of Sister Cities
International working as the Country Representative to Spain and is Marketing Chair for the 2024 All Americas Summit.

She is a Fellow at the Hunt Institute for Global Competitiveness at the University of Texas at El Paso researching the USMA Rules of Origin in the Automotive Industry and its impact on supply chains. She is currently giving courses on International Law with respect to business and human resources with CELOGIS for the program Horizonte 2030.

She promotes the true history of Spain in the New World, with special focus along the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. She has lectured in over 25 cities in Spain. She received the Medal of the Regiment of Infantry in Asturias, created in 1663, by the Cuerpo de la Nobleza del Principado de Asturias. She is currently translating the 5th Volume of the Mystical City of God on the life of Sor Maria de Jesús de Ágreda which will be out in early fall.