Ana Paula Hernández is a sociologist who was born Mexico City. For six years she worked in the Miguel Agustín Pro Juaréz Human Rights Center, and three years ago left Mexico City with her husband to work in a human rights center in the Mountain region of Guerrero, one of Mexico's poorest regions. She is currently the deputy director of Tlachinollan Human Rights Center in Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero, dedicated to the defense and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples.