Dina Núñez
Organizations
Casa Proyecto Libertad, Border Workers United, Malcriadas Fronterizas
Location
Brownsville, Texas
Biography
Born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Dina Núñez migrated to Brownsville, Texas as a young woman and identifies as an escritora fronteriza (border writer). Núñez has worked to defend the rights of women workers along the U.S./ Mexican Border by advocating for labor rights, environmental justice, and highlighting violence against women. Núñez has worked with the non-profit organization Border Workers United, Círculo de Escritoras and helped to launch a platform called Las Malcriadas Fronterizas, 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).
Audio Clips
Interviewed by Michelle Téllez on May 8, 2023 in McAllen, Texas
Dina Núñez describes how she received support from Proyecto Libertad to separate from an abusive husband and narrates the limited rights of undocumented women.
Dina Núñez describes the impact of organizing with women in South Texas border community and describes the climate and community catastrophe of the Space X project.
Digital Archive
The cover of the book authored by Núñez’s women’s collective.
Núñez (left) at a Border Workers United rally.