Marco Sotomayor has a 20-year career in public safety and law enforcement. He was Secretary of Public Safety of the City of Tijuana, under his command were the Municipal Police and Fire Department. He has served as Undersecretary of the State System of Public Safety of the Government of Baja California and State Director of the Control, Command, Communications and Computing Center in Baja California, as well as Supervisor of the Department of Internal Affairs of the City of Tijuana. He has a law degree from the Universidad Autonóma de Baja California (Autonomous University of Baja California) and a Master's degree in Public Administration from the Universidad Iberoamericana (Iberoamerican University).