Power Braids: Rigoberta Menchu

“Only together can we move forward, so that there is light and hope for all women on the planet.” –Rigobeta Menchú

Rigoberta Menchú Tum is a Mayan k’iche’ activist born in 1959 in Chimel, a small Mayan community in the highlands of Guatemala. She received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples. If you admire her work as much as I do, you can learn more about her here.