Brief Biography
Isabel Vericat Núñez was born in Spain to mixed nationality parents.
Vericat Nunez demonstrated intelligence since she was a small child, getting the necessary grades to be accepted at the prestigious Madrid University, where she studied law. During 1999, she worked as a lawyer in New York, New York. She also learned how to translate from Spanish to English, French, Italian and Portuguese, making her a fluent speaker of five languages.
Vericat Nunez is the founding member of Epikeia, an organization dedicated to women's rights. She is also a member of the Writer's Dynamic School, and she has written many books for the Mexico College and the UNAM.
Vericat Nunez is better known for her involvement in the movement against deaths and women's violence in Ciudad Juarez and for a book she wrote about Maria Elena Chavez Caldera.
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