Xilene Margarita Díaz Palacio is an honors Cum Laude lawyer and researcher from Universidad del Norte. Her academic trajectory includes key contributions as a member of the Inter-American Constitutionalism Laboratory and authorships in renowned international forums such as the Yale Journal of International Law and Völkerrechtsblog. Driven by a specialized focus on international law and transitional justice, her research investigates Latin American maternal resistance as a direct, collective counter-power to state-sponsored violence. Her work applies an intersectional framework to analyze how grassroots social movements transform private grief into public political agency, seeking to elevate the visibility of victims of state crimes and safeguard historical memory within complex transitional landscapes.