Lorena Rodriguez Lezica

Lorena is a feminist and ecological activist based in Uruguay, where she teaches at the Universidad de la República (University of the Republic). Her research takes a critical and collaborative approach, developed alongside collectives, organizations, and individuals engaged in resistance across rural territories where the fabric of life is threatened by agribusiness. She is a member of the Latin American collective Miradas Críticas del Territorio desde el Feminismo (Critical Perspectives on Territory from Feminism).

Founded in Ecuador in 2012, Miradas Críticas brings together ten women from Ecuador, Mexico, Uruguay, Peru, Brazil, and Colombia. The collective reflects on and defends dignified life in common—one rooted in freedom, autonomy, and the protection of body–territories. Since developing their body–territory mapping methodology in 2013, they have created bridges between feminist praxis, popular ecologies, and the lived experiences of communities confronting extractivism. Over the past decade, they have shared this methodology across Abya Yala, fostering spaces of care that acknowledge both embodied violence and strategies of resistance.

As an ORA fellow, Lorena continues this work in collaboration with her compañeras in Uruguay—Gabriela Veras Iglesias, Alicia Migliaro González, and Nat Tommasino Comesaña—as part of Miradas Críticas del Territorio desde el Feminismo.