Teresa Cruz Miranda

Teresa Cruz is originally from Santa Anita, jurisdiction of San Antonio de la Cruz, El Salvador. She is a campesina (peasant) from a large family and lived through the repression by the Salvadoran  Army since 1975. In the 1980s, her family decided to flee to the refugee camps of La Virtud and Mesa Grande in Honduras. In 1985, Cruz returned to El Salvador, where she joined the war, working in logistics, serving the civilian population, and in the poverty belts in San Salvador. Her areas of service included women's and youth's defense against human rights violations with the Coordinadora Nacional de la Iglesia Popular [National Coordination of the Popular Church, CONIP] and other social and grassroots organizations. Cruz has lived several years outside the country, where she has gained experience as a popular educator. She has worked with development NGOs, social organizations, and people from diverse backgrounds, including migrant communities. She has trained schools and children, addressing gender issues, human rights, and historical memory. She has completed university studies in Education, Development NGOs, Gender, and Visual Arts. She currently collaborates with the Surviving Memory team as a cultural promoter for the Asociación Sumpul [Sumpul Association] and the Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen [Museum of the Word and Image, MUPI] on historical memory through embroidery. Cruz facilitates embroidery workshops in the Chalatenango area, where she tells stories through embroidering alongside the women of Las Vueltas.

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