Nemonte Nenquimo is an Indigenous Waorani leader committed to defending her ancestral territory and her people's survival in the Amazon rainforest. Raised in the traditional community of Nemonpare in the Pastaza region of the Ecuadorian Amazon, Nenquimo co-founded the Indigenous-led nonprofit organization Ceibo Alliance in 2014 to protect Indigenous lands and livelihoods from resource extraction alongside its sister organization, Amazon Frontlines. In 2018, she was elected the first female president of OWAP, the Waorani organization of Pastaza province. Nemonte led her people to a historic legal victory against the Ecuadorian government, which protected half-a-million acres of primary rainforest in the Amazon from oil drilling and set a precedent for Indigenous rights across the region. Today, Nemonte is fighting to ensure the safety of her people amid the dual threats of COVID-19 and the ongoing ecological crisis in the Amazon. Nemonte is winner of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize for Central and South America and the United Nations' Champions of the Earth Award. She was also named to the BBC's 100 Women of 2020 and TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world.