Nieves Ayress
Nieves Ayress is a former militant with the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionario (Left Revolutionary Movement) in Chile, who was detained and tortured during Pinochet’s dictatorship. After spending years in prison, she was exiled and then traveled throughout the world, finally settling in New York City. In 1987, she co-founded Vamos a la Pena del Bronx, a local grassroots community center in the South Bronx.