Elvira Espejo Ayca | |
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Born | 1981 (age 42–43) Oruro Department, Bolivia |
Occupation(s) | Museum director, poet, textile artist[1] |
Known for | Poet, essayist and musician |
Elvira Espejo Ayca (born 1981) is an Indigenous Bolivian artist, poet, and the director of the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore in La Paz until 2020. In 2020 she was a joint winner of the Goethe Medal for improving cultural exchange. She is Aymara and Quechua and speaks both of the Aymara and Quechua languages.[1]