Nathaly Yépez

Nathaly (she/her) is a lawyer based in Quito, Ecuador.  She is a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE). Throughout her professional career, she has worked as a defender of human and collective rights in various civil society organizations at the national level, particularly with vulnerable populations such as the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. She defended the referendum to protect the Yasuní and the forests of the Choco Andino in the “Quito without Mining” campaign. She was an advisor to the Constitutional Court. In addition, she has extensive experience working with LGBTQI organizations for the recognition of equal marriage in Ecuador. She is currently a legal advisor of Amazon Watch.