Tatiana Quintero was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. She studied Political Science and Law at Rosario University and worked as a social researcher, emphasizing topics associated with human rights, ethnic communities in Colombia, and communitarian strategies to resist and re-exist after the internal armed conflict in the country. She is studying Social Anthropology at the University of Münster, Germany, and is learning about the contributions of Latin American thought regarding social research and anthropological critical perspectives.