Education:
M.A., George Washington University School of Political Management, summa cum laude B.A., Florida International University, magna cum laude
Montse joined the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in 2009 and was named VP & Executive Director in February 2017. With a background in public policy and campaigns, she has led initiatives at Becket in development, communications, strategy and operations that have helped secure religious liberty victories against the contraceptive mandate, protect the rights of churches to choose their leaders, and safeguard the free speech of crisis pregnancy centers and religious groups on campus. She was profiled by the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Edition with the following introduction: “A defender of all religion, on the front lines of America’s culture wars.”
Montse served on the Montgomery County Commission for Women in Maryland and is currently on the board of the Patients’ Rights Action Fund, the leading advocate against the legalization of assisted suicide; a board member of Speech First, an organization that protects students’ free speech rights on campus; a lay consultant to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Religious Liberty Committee; a member of the President’s Advisory Counsel of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students; on the advisory council to the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) and the GIVEN Institute; and on the Hispanic Affairs Advisory Board for the Philos Project. She is a strong advocate for religious liberty on major television and radio networks including Univision, CNN en Español, Telemundo, Fox Business, and EWTN. She also hosts EWTN News In Depth, a weekly one- hour roundtable discussion series that examines and analyzes important issues, news, and events from an authentically Catholic perspective. Born in Mexico City, she is fluent in Spanish and French and is a competitive jazz and classical vocalist.