San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Research Professor, San Luis Potosí Autonomous University

Urenda is a lawyer, activist, historian, and researcher who is passionate about defending women’s rights. As a researcher in the master’s in human rights program at the San Luis Potosí Autonomous University, her work focuses on sexual rights, autonomy, gender, and territories. She has ample experience in accompanying cases of strategic litigation and advocacy. Urenda is a feminist who has received public recognition in the academic, political, and social areas.

Rise Up Cohort: Mexico 2020