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And welcome to another edition of Activists Around the World. And we know there's a lot of bad things happening in the world. But one thing we know is that in those bad times, we have amazing people who rise up, do the work, and push us to do better. So we have featured so many of these people already.

And today we have another person to add to the list of people we want to admire and want to go

ahead and get flowers to as they are in the crux of all that is happening and really, really

pushing to become an advocate and activist for many

people. And that is Catalina Velasquez. So Velasquez is a Colombian trans activist who has worked

in the field of intersectional advocacy. She is the current executive director of Washington Immigrant

Solidarity Network, W-A-I-S-N, and she is currently

residing in Seattle, Washington. So here's a bit from pridefoundation.org on a profile of her.

They write, Catalina Velasquez is a trailblazing transgender refugee, Colombian-Latina feminist scholar, social impact executive,

and movement builder. She is the executive director of the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network,

W-A-I-S-N, the largest immigrant-led coalition in Washington State. Her work embodies

interlocational feminism, decolonial methodologies, and transformative justice, making her a luminary in immigrant rights advocacy and beyond.

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