Influence
Moyenei Valdes (Mexico City, Mexico)

Moyenei is an amazing musician and singer with a fighting spirit for social justice, peace, and love in the world. She's an Afro-Latina musician from Chile who lives in Mexico City, Mexico. I love her because she's used her music to speak out for the Huichol people (an Indigenous Mexican group) to reclaim sovereignty over their homeland of Wirikuta in Mexico. She is a huge supporter of fellow women in music. She's also spoken out against sexism/misogyny, fascism, drug cartel violence, and censorship. Her father was murdered by Pinochet's administration in the 1970s for his activism. To this day, Moyenei tirelessly carries on her father's legacy as a fighter for justice and freedom while spreading beauty, love and hope through her music and her colorful fashion.