Born in Monterrey, Ximena (Mena) has lived in Mexico City since she was very young. She completed her university studies in Archaeology, and has also completed a Masters in Liturgy at the Theological Community of Mexico. Ximena loves working with children and youth, as well as in the music and liturgy area of her church (she enjoys practicing various musical instruments). Her parents, Javier and Rebeca, are the pastors of Shalom Baptist Church in Mexico City, and her mother is the first Baptist woman to be ordained in Mexico. She collaborates with various networks such as Red Crearte (Liturgy Network), RECONPAZ (Continental Network for Peace).

Mena is a former member of the board of directors of BPFNA-Baptists for Peace. In 2016, she joined the BPFNA-Baptists for Peace staff as program director for the 2017 Summer Conference, which for the first time was held in Mexico. In July 2019, she was one of the coordinators for the 6th Global Baptist Peace Conference held in Cali, Colombia.

For me BPFNA Baptists for Peace is a great family, with firm convictions, commitment and willingness to serve; the great family of God that serves, shares, helps, loves, works; a great family that believes that another world IS possible if we work together and together. I firmly believe in the work being done here and, in times like the ones we live in now, having a Summer Conference in 2020 near the border between Mexico and the United States will be a great opportunity to strengthen and build bridges towards the search for peace with justice and dignity, to continue walking in community, as a family, with the conviction to take on challenges and discover new horizons for peace.