Yásnaya Elena A. Gil is a linguist, writer and translator. She is a member of COLMIX, a collective of the Mixe people that carries out research and dissemination activities on Mixe language, history, and culture. She has collaborated in various projects on the dissemination of linguistic diversity, documentation projects, and attention to languages at risk of disappearing. She is the author of the books Un nosotrxs sin estado and Ää. Manifestos sobre la diversidad lingüística.