Behind The Team
I am Miriam Ocadiz, a Mexican writer, researcher, and activist who is honored to be part of The Fruit Basket. I have had the privilege to access higher education, first to study Literature in my home country, and then International Studies (2015) and a Research Master’s in African Studies (2017) devoted to Hispanic and Lusophone Africa, respectively. Since 2018 I have been a Ph.D. candidate in the project Engaged Scholarship Narratives of Change at the Vrije University Amsterdam, where I focus on the role and responsibility of academia in contributing to the societal inclusion of forced migrants in South Africa. It was in this last degree that I encountered the community of The Fruit Basket in 2022 as we both searched to build mutually reciprocal collaborations. I hope my contribution to this organization leads to more caring and honest relationships between the LGBTQI+ migrant community, the NGO world, academia, and other partners.
strategy.
He was awarded the Feathers ‘Hunk of the Year’ award in 2020, in the same year that he was featured in Men’s Health magazine for the March edition under the theme: ‘Forging Confidence.’ Gorata is passionate about championing the rights of trans and gender diverse people in Africa as a whole, one of his missions is to bring opportunities and create access driven by technology, for the community, to not just have basic human rights but
good quality of life too.
