She obtained her Bachelor of Laws with a specialization in International Law from the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico in 2009, where she received the Jenkins Excellence Scholarship from the University and the TELMEX Foundation Scholarship. Citlalli studied a semester abroad in the Law School of the Université de Lausanne in Switzerland, where she also worked as an intern for the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office in Geneva.