Co-founder, former director and current editor of Quinto Elemento Lab, an investigative non profit organization in Mexico. Xanic has more than 30 years of experience as a reporter and many of these as an investigative reporter for media in Mexico such as Siglo 21, Público and Cambio Magazine. In 2013, Xanic and NYT's reporter David Barstow won a Pulitzer Prize, a Low Prize and IRE award for an investigation that revealed Walmart had paid bribes in Mexico to funnel its growth and covered it up. Xanic and three other investigative journalists launched Quinto Elemento Lab in 2017. Xanic was the director for five years and now works as editor and co-coordinator of MásterLAB, Quinto Elemento's training program for investigative editors. The first of its kind in the Spanish speaking world. Xanic is based in Guadalajara and is an active trainer.