AoIR2026 Keynote: Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil

Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil is a Mixe linguist, writer, and activist from Oaxaca, Mexico. She is a member of COLMIX, a collective of young Mixe people conducting research on Mixe language, history, and culture. She holds a Master's degree in Linguistics from UNAM.

Her work spans linguistic documentation of endangered languages, development of written materials in Mixe, literary translation, and advocacy for the linguistic rights of indigenous language speakers. She has been active in pushing for indigenous language use in digital and online spaces.

More information about her talk will be released closer to the conference.