Jorge has been working to include intercultural cities programme into Mexico City’s policies. He was involved in implementing interculturalism in the city social programmes and participated in writing Mexico City Law of Interculturality, Migrants Care and Human Mobility as well as its regulations (2011). In the recent process of writing the first Constitution of Mexico City (2017), he worked on the inclusion of several articles concerning interculturality and human mobility.

He has 27 years of legislative experience (national and local), especially on topics of interculturality, migrants, no discrimination, population and environment, as well as budget issues.

He has been chief of office of Mexico City Environmental Commission at the local Legislative Assembly (2000-2003); of Migrants Affairs Commission of the House of Deputies (2015) and chief of office of the Commission on Mexico City at the later legislative body (2015-2018). He was also consultant of the Commission on Planning and Sustainable of Mexico City Constituent Assembly (2016-2017) and main consultant to Mexico City Minister of Rural Development and Equity for Communities (2007-2012), governmental body in charge of intercultural policies.

Jorge is also professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters in the College of Geography, and at the University Programme of Sustainable Strategies.