{"id":190,"date":"2026-06-14T18:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/?honoree=yalitza-aparicio"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:49:25","slug":"yalitza-aparicio","status":"publish","type":"honoree","link":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/?honoree=yalitza-aparicio","title":{"rendered":"Yalitza Aparicio"},"featured_media":191,"template":"","meta":{"_h_role_es":"Actriz, nominada al \u00d3scar","_h_role_en":"Actress, Oscar nominee","_h_bio_es":"Yalitza Aparicio es una maestra de origen ind\u00edgena oaxaque\u00f1o que, sin experiencia actoral previa, protagoniz\u00f3 la pel\u00edcula Roma y se convirti\u00f3 en la primera mujer ind\u00edgena mexicana nominada al \u00d3scar a Mejor Actriz. Su historia dio la vuelta al mundo y abri\u00f3 una conversaci\u00f3n sobre representaci\u00f3n y orgullo de las ra\u00edces. Hoy es embajadora de la UNESCO y defensora de los pueblos ind\u00edgenas. Es un s\u00edmbolo de que los sue\u00f1os no dependen de d\u00f3nde naces.","_h_bio_en":"Yalitza Aparicio is a teacher of Indigenous Oaxacan heritage who, with no prior acting experience, starred in the film Roma and became the first Indigenous Mexican woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her story traveled around the world and opened a conversation about representation and pride in one's roots. Today she is a UNESCO ambassador and an advocate for Indigenous peoples. She is a symbol that dreams do not depend on where you are born.","_h_category":"Film","_h_credit":"Sintegrity \u2014 CC BY-SA 4.0","_h_credit_url":"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AYalitza_Aparicio_Oscars_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg","_h_born":"b. 1993, Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca"},"class_list":["post-190","honoree","type-honoree","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/honoree\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/honoree"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/honoree"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thisisthemexicanway.com.mx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}