Bio

Alejandra Santillana Ortiz identifies herself as a left-wing feminist and anti-racist sociologist and researcher, working at the Institute of Ecuadorian Studies and the Observatory of Rural Change. She also serves as a professor at Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar. She is a member of the Critical Studies on Rural Development and the Gender working group, and is a part of the Memory Network in Latin America and the Caribbean of CLACSO, and the RUDA Feminist Collective, among other organizations. Her research interests include feminism, Marxism, and feminist economics. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Latin American studies.