V. Tais Yáñez
My blogs
| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Researcher |
| Location | LONDON, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Born and bred in Xochimilco, Pueblo Originario in Mexico City., Tais reclaims her Indigenous heritage.. She migrated to Europe alone in 1998 at age 23 and has lived in 6 different cities in 5 countries. She has studied history, cultures, languages, politics, both, formally in Birkbeck, Open University and online, and holds a Masters Degree in Refugee Studies in which she achieved a Merit Grade at University of East London. She has worked in heritage, community engagement, education with neurodivergent children, and as volunteer anti-hate campaigns and in the filed supporting asylum seekers and migrants. She has conducted independant research on various topics and locations including Chiapas Mexico and Bosna i Hercegovina. Her main focus is on interconnectedness and international solidarity, migrant-led resistance, genocide and ethnic cleansing, cultures of remembrance, heritage, survivors and marginalised peoples as subjects of change not objects of pity. |
| Interests | Migration, history, popular and academic, = travelling to sites of historical importance, heritage, resistance, community-based solidarity, neurodiversity, queer liberation. |
| Favorite music | Political hip-hop. Traditional music from all over the world. Rock and Pop. Eurovision |