COMUNAL was founded in 2015 in Mexico City by Mariana Ordóñez Grajales, an architect who graduated from the autonomous University of Yucatán. In 2017, the architect Jesica Amescua Carrera, a graduate of the Universidad Iberoamericana, joined the team. As a team made up of women, they are committed to facilitating the participation of adult women, young people, and girls in all aspects of spatial production while always respecting their cultural context.