Jhanisse Vaca-Daza is co-founder of Ríos de Pie, a nonviolence citizens movement focused on human and environmental rights in Bolivia. Ríos de Pie (Standing Rivers) plays a key role driving humanitarian efforts against the Amazon fires in Bolivia since 2019 and continues to educate Bolivians in nonviolence resistance to protest the government. She is also senior programs officer at the Human Rights Foundation and a member of the Leadership Council of the World Liberty Congress. Her work focuses on nonviolence as a technique of mass mobilization for social and environmental change. Vaca Daza obtained her honors bachelor’s degree in international relations at Kent State University. She completed the Nonviolent Movement Leadership for Social Progress and Leadership in Crisis executive programs at Harvard Kennedy School. She has received recognitions including the Sákharov Fellowship from the European Parliament in 2023 and Peace Ambassador by One Young World and the European Commission in 2021.