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Brígida García Guzmán is a sociologist and demographer who was born in the Dominican Republic in 1947. In 1969, she moved to Mexico to pursue studies in demographics at The College of Mexico. Later, she obtained her doctorate in Sociology at the School of Political and Social Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She became a Mexican citizen in 1991.
García Guzmán is currently a professor and investigator at the Center of Demographic, Urban and Environmental studies at El Colegio de México. She forms part of the National System of Investigators, specializing in labor market, family and gender studies.
García Guzmán has received recognition for her contributions to constructing indicators and lines of action regarding poverty, heads of family, intrafamilial violence and the female labor force. In 2003, she received the Luisa María Leal Duk Award of Population, awarded by her National Forum of Women and Population Politics for her contributions regarding the significance of working women.