Alejandra del Rocio Bello Urrego: I am a feminist and political scientist. I have been a facilitator in feminist activism contexts and a teacher in university contexts. I am part of the Artistic Political Network of Young Women in Bogotá, Colombia. Currently I work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.
Atanacia Antonia Gamboa Rosero: I am an Afro woman, born in Ladrilleros in Colombia. I work as a workshop practitioner basing my practice on Law 1257 of 2008. I am also a mother, sister, daughter, friend, and “comadre.” I work to support the collective rights of women, minors, and the Afro community. Our community members are joyful and enterprising people with an overwhelming spirituality. However, we do not know many of our rights as Afro people because we do not have many opportunities to learn. Nonetheless, I have a commitment with my community to achieve a resolution of the collective land title of Ladrilleros to get one of our rights, which is the right to land, so that the traditional Afro Ancestral culture is preserved forever.