Gladys Tzul Tzul is a Maya K'iche’ woman from Totonicapán. She is a writer and essayist. Holding a PhD in Sociology, she has conducted research in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Mexico, Ecuador, and the United States. In 2018, she received the Voltaire Prize from the University of Potsdam (Germany) in recognition of her research and body of work. She has published two books on communal political theory, as well as numerous academic articles translated into English, French, and German. She has delivered keynote lectures at academic and arts conferences across Latin America, the United States, and Europe. She served as coordinator for the criminal proceedings regarding the October 4th Massacre—an event in which the Guatemalan army violently suppressed an uprising by the 48 Cantons of Totonicapán—and acted as an expert witness in the high-profile criminal trial concerning the Berta Cáceres case in Honduras. Since 2024, she has been a visiting professor at FLACSO Ecuador. She currently directs the documentary project *El diseño de un mundo festivo: Miguel Ángel Tzul y su marimba orquesta* (Designing a Festive World: Miguel Ángel Tzul and His Marimba Orchestra).