i grew up along the shore of the ovejas river -- swimming, fishing, mining. márquez began fighting for her community as a teenager. in her 20s, as a single mother of two, she found herself in the middle of a campaign totop the government from evicting the people of la tom from their homes to make way for mining and agricultural development. -[ speaking in foreign language ] most of the rivers in this territory fish rot in half an hour because the fish is heavily contaminated. i had to study law to be able to better defend the rights of my community. i had a lot of tuble paying for college, but i decided thatcademia can't just be for people who have the financial means. -francia's education was abruptly interrupted when dozens of illegal backhoes began tearing up the mountainside, scouring for gold in the hills surrounding the village. -[ speaking in foreign language ] -[ translating ] i was just a mining woman, and i didn't understand the legal language. i didn't know what a right to petition was, or a writ to protect constitutional rights. but having gone to