Ramona's Life and Work

Ramona became an important voice in the movement as she focused on advocating for indigenous women and mobilizing them. Her work was made more challenging by the fact that women in her community didn't traditionally play a role in politics or political movements. Still, she travelled from community to community, teaching about the movement and motivating women to fight against the mexican government suppression and exclusion of the country's indigenous communities. In 19 96, ramona started lobbying for a new agreement called the san andresa chords that granted autonomy, recognition and rights to the indigenous population of mexico. That same year, ramona was diagnosed with kidney cancer, and the next year, she received a kidney transplant.

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