Nicole (She/ella) wakes up every day with the intention to build a society where human dignity and social justice become customary. She was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2019 with a degree in Global Studies with a concentration on Human Rights and Justice in Latin America. Her experience working with Latin American immigrant communities at James H. Binger Center for New Americans shaped her human rights interests to focus on immigrants’ rights. In 2018, she was awarded the Inna K. Meiman Human Rights Award provided by the Human Rights Program at UMN to recognize her human rights work. She is a community organizer for the Colombian community in Minnesota and a documentary producer in her free time. Her latest film: Día a Día, 2020: A Day at a Time. (Published in Twin Cities PBS: TPT): A film where Colombian immigrants in Minnesota reflect on how the struggles and joys of 2020 transformed how we celebrate culture, aid community, and attempt to thrive in overlapping crises. Her mother is her only hero, and cookie-dough ice cream is her greatest weakness. She is a feminist and loves playing soccer with friends.