Mercedes García López de Rodas

 

Born in Albacete in 1989 and has lived for several years now in Chamberí, Madrid. Trainee social communicator specialising in social change and development. Has taken part in research projects on lost childhood focussing on children’s rights and has been involved in the PAH School of Rights, which recognises children and adolescents as political subjects and agents of change. She is currently broadening her training in sociology, gender equality and feminism while participating in self-managed initiatives such as the Olavideverde consumption group or the AntiPasti collaborative saving group, which generate spaces for economic resistance in situations of collective need and rethink monetary relationships using mutual support and life sustainability. She is a member of the neighbourhood Care Network that emerged during the pandemic, though her feminist mindset and daily care work (together with the priority she places on the attachments in her life) mean she has long been engaging with network support for women experiencing mental health crises and in mutual support processes, creating networks, building a sense of neighbourhood and constructing a sense of community.