Professional Genealogist
Susana Leniski, AGSusana Leniski was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. She attended Universidad Metropolitana in Mexico City, where she majored in International Business and Financial Markets, subsequently working for various U.S.-based firms in both Mexico and the United States. In 1990, she relocated to the United States and has since resided in New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle. She is bilingual and bicultural in English and Spanish and holds dual citizenship in Mexico and the United States.
Due to her family history, Susana specializes in research pertaining to Mexico and Spain from the late 1900s to the 1500s. She has successfully traced some of her family lines back to the 1600s in various regions of Mexico, including the old Nueva Galicia and the northern regions of the country. Other lines have guided her research to Spain’s Basque Country, Catalonia, and Andalusia, tracing back as far as the 1500s.
She has served as a board member and instructor for Los Bexareños Genealogical and Historical Society in San Antonio, Texas. In 2022, she was a guest lecturer at the 42nd Annual Texas Hispanic Genealogical and Historical Conference. She is the current treasurer and board member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State (JGSWS).
In 2024, she attained the designation of Accredited GenealogistⓇ professional and currently holds credentials for genealogy research through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen). Her area of expertise is focused on Mexico.