Laura Hernández Pérez is a Nahua indigenous woman, daughter of migrant parents who settled in Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico. She holds a degree in social work from the UNAM. Hernández is a member of the National Coordination of Indigenous Women (CONAMI), serving as the chair of the Children and Youth Commission (2019–2022). Hernández also belongs to the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA), representing Mexico. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, she co-organised the seminar “Young Indigenous Women as Social and Study Subject” at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences and Humanities of UNAM.