“Niña de azúcar”, Sweet girl, is what Mirtha Luz Pérez called her daughter Nadia Dominique Vera Perez. The second of four siblings, Nadia was born in Comitán, Chiapas, on February 8th, 1983. She studied Social Anthropology at the Universidad Veracruzana, where she stood out for her active participation in human rights, freedom of expression, and animal rights promotion. Her friends described her as “sweet” and “caring”, the University Committee of Struggle of the Veracruz capital wrote in a letter “with your firm voice and your small feet that left footprints that many of us began to follow soon after”. Her dedication to human rights caused her to be beaten and threatened, so she sought refuge in Mexico City in early 2015, where she was working as a cultural manager, producer, and promoter. When Ruben arrived in the capital, Nadia welcomed him. On Saturday, August 1, one of Martha’s sons told her of the tragedy. Mirtha identified Nadia with her tattoos “Rebellion is life” and “Let’s be realistic, let’s do the impossible”.
