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About Me — Adri M.
I once was a different person living in a different world.
An expatriate from the ancestral land of the Huetar people 1 2 3 4. Descendant of the few who survived and the colonizers who enslaved them, murdered them and stole their land, their culture and their name 5 6 7 8.
A transgender person who became an uninvited guest to people they never knew in a foreign and also stolen land 9 10, moving away from a culture that is hostile towards them 11 12 13 14.
A feminist, atheist, leftist and activist who has had a long and eventful life 15 16 17. A life that has made them question their own privilege, their politics, gender, identity and their active roles in society 18 19.
A journalist, artist and computer scientist who knows algorithms are no more than biased opinions turned into code.
As a refugee, activist, and member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, I value resilience and advocacy, and I have a strong commitment to creating inclusive spaces and communities. My experiences, both having to live as a man in a…
