Eduardo de la Cruz Cruz is a native speaker of Nahuatl, originally from Chicontepec, Veracruz, Mexico. He is an instructor in the Nahuatl language and culture summer programme at the University of Utah. He holds the position of director at IDIEZ (https://idiezmacehualli.org) where he directs projects for the revitalisation of Nahuan culture and language. He currently teaches at Brown University, where he is an associate professor. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of 'Liberal Arts’ at the University of Warsaw.De la Cruz is part of the research team at the Getty Research Institute from 2017-2023. He is also the author and co-author of several monolingual books in Nahuatl, including 'Cenyahtoc Cintli Tonacayo: Huahcapatl Huan Tlen Naman’ and 'Tototatahhuan Ininixtlamatliz’. His main topics of study include indigenous methodologies, ceremonial practices of maize cultivation, and Nahua welfare concepts.