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Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil is an indigenous Mexican writer, translator, and Linguistic Rights Activist whose research centers indigenous languages and knowledge. Join us in exploring how indigenous peoples are using lessons learned from past challenges to propose alternative futures in the face of climate change.

Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil (Ayutla Mixe, 1981) is a member of COLMIX, a collective of young Mixe people who carry out research and dissemination activities on Mixe language, history and culture. Shee studied Hispanic Language and Literature and completed a Master's degree in Linguistics at UNAM. She has collaborated in various projects on the dissemination of linguistic diversity, development of grammatical content for educational materials in indigenous languages, and documentation projects and attention to languages at risk of disappearing. She has been involved in the development of written material in Mixe and in the creation of Mixe-speaking readers and other indigenous languages. She has been involved in activism for the defense of the linguistic rights of indigenous language speakers, in the use of indigenous languages in the virtual world and in literary translation. She has also been involved in processes in defense of the environment.

A Modest Proposal to Save the World | December 9 , 2020.

The Map and the Territory: National borders have colonized our imagination | October 26, 2020

Miguel Gomez Medina, Map of Mexico (1931) | Smithsonian