María Teresa Herrera Tello (born October 15, 1956 in Santiago, Nuevo León) is a Mexican lawyer. She served in the cabinet of President Vicente Fox as Secretary of Agrarian Reform (2000 – 2003). Life She was born on October 15, 1956 in Santiago, Nuevo León. Herrera Tello graduated as a valedictorian with a bachelor's degree in law from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León. She was the first woman in the history of Nuevo León to become a magistrate in the state's Superior Court of Justice (in Spanish: Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Nuevo León). Eventually she presided over the court and was reelected four consecutive times. She served as Secretary of Agrarian Reform (Secretaria de la Reforma Agraria) from December 1, 2000 until April 5, 2003, when she was appointed legal councilor to the Mexican president. On November 18, 2004 she was appointed councilor to the Federal Judicature Council (Consejo de la Judicatura Federal). References 1956 births Living people 20th-century Mexican judges 21st-century Mexican lawyers Autonomous University of Nuevo León alumni Mexican Secretaries of the Agrarian Reform People from Santiago, Nuevo León Women Secretaries of State of Mexico Mexican women judges 20th-century women judges