About
Yuriria López was born in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, where her mother worked in the strawberry, tomato, and chili fields, as well as in packaging, and her father was a construction worker. She primarily studied in the city of Zamora, Michoacán, and completed her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (LAE) at UNIVER University, Zamora campus. She has spent most of her time as a community leader, working for seven years at CONAFE (National Council for Educational Development), where she participated in planning and delivering competency-based education to marginalized communities in the state of Michoacán. Since 2018, she has resided in Bakersfield, California, where she began community work. By joining Líderes Campesinas as a member of the South Kern County Committee, she had the opportunity to participate in the NACES project in collaboration with Alianza Nacional de Campesinas and Futures Without Violence.