Dina Núñez

Biography

Born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Dina Núñez migrated to Brownsville, Texas as a young woman. She works for the non-profit organization, Border Workers United, to defend the rights of women workers along the U.S. / Mexican Border. Border Workers United aids and informs women about their rights, regardless of citizenship status. This work has led Núñez to take on not only labor rights but also issues around violence against women and environmental justice. Núñez identifies as an escritora fronteriza (border writer), and is currently working in a women’s writer group called Círculo de Escritoras. Through Círculo de Escritoras, she helped to launch a platform called Las Malcriadas Fronterizas, which forms a space for women border workers to speak about their perspectives, ways of living, labor exploitation, and dehumanization in public and private spheres. Their writing was published in the edited anthology: Historias de Mujeres Indomables (2023).