Diana Lenton is a Doctor in Anthropological Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires, where she currently teaches. She is a Professor in the Specialization in Cultural Studies of the National University of Santiago del Estero, and taught at the National University of Brasilia. She is an Independent Career Researcher at CONICET. She leads research teams. She has been a commentator / rapporteur / organizer in dozens of specialized congresses, and directed numerous undergraduate and graduate thesis. She founded with other colleagues the Network of Researchers in Genocide and Indigenous Peoples. She collaborated with the defense of originary communities and leaders in several judicial cases derived from the criminalization of the defense of their territories. At the end of 2016 she received the prestigious Peace and Solidarity among Peoples Memorial Prize, awarded by the Peace and Justice Service (SERPAJ), from the Nobel Prize Adolfo Pérez Esquivel.