Bold and Fearlessly Feminine: Meet the Women Helping Us Help Animals

PETA and PETA Latino are honored to have worked with so many powerful women to help spread our message that animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.

These inspiring Latina women have chosen to use their platforms to speak up for justice and help change the way the world sees and treats animals. From promoting vegan living to helping animals stuck at SeaWorld, they are loud and proud about supporting animal rights.

Kate del Castillo

Kate del Castillo has starred in several PETA Latino campaigns, including ones focused on companion animal protection, fur, and SeaWorld. In a video for PETA Latino, she said, “It doesn’t matter if we have fur or feathers or fins; the shape of our face; or the number of legs—we’re not different in any important way.” Kate is also a member of PETA’s Honorary Board and the winner of PETA Latino’s 2022 Woman Warrior for Animals Award, in recognition of her efforts to end animal abuse around the world.

Sofía Sisniega

Actor Sofía Sisniega is a passionate vegan and women’s rights activist. She has used her platform to speak up for all oppressed species in many of her Instagram posts as well as in PETA Latino initiatives. In her campaign against wearing animals’ skin, she speaks up for sensitive, gentle, playful cows: “No one needs to buy leather. We can end this violent global exploitation of animals by always choosing animal-free vegan materials.”

Ariadne Díaz

The star of Papás ​​por Conveniencia (Parents for Convenience), Ariadne Diaz, is fed up with bullfights. That’s why she joined PETA Latino to create a powerful image and video inspired by The Story of Ferdinand, the children’s tale about a young bull who doesn’t want to charge.

By evoking Ferdinand’s gentle nature, Ariadne invites the public to see bullfighting through the eyes of the bulls that suffer slow and agonizing deaths in the arenas.  

Genesis Butler

Genesis Butler is a Marvel Universe vegan hero! She was chosen to be featured in Marvel’s Hero Project, an unscripted series that follows several young heroes who are making a difference in their own communities. She says, “It makes me so happy because I am going to be able to share why we should have compassion for all animals and when we have compassion for all animals, we are also showing compassion to the planet and to each other.”

Today, she’s out using her vegan superpowers to advocate for animals and promoting vegan food, clothes, and more using her prominent social presence.

Erika Fernandez

Erika Fernandez is a former Fox Sports host who is passionate about animal rescue. She founded the Amor sin Raza foundation and has committed her life to giving animals a chance to find permanent, loving homes.

Liz Solari

Liz Solari is an actor, a model, an activist, and a vegan who’s spreading the word about animal rights, being vegan, and animal rescue. She says, “I think we have to look at ourselves, and instead of calling others ‘wild,’ think about why we feel we are civilized when it comes to buying a piece of dead animal in the grocery store or ordering it in a restaurant.”

Andrea Meza

In her debut PETA campaign, Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza encouraged everyone in the world to go vegan! “You just have to adjust some things, like change dairy for almond milk, soy milk, or any kind of milk that you want. And you can change meat for vegan meat that you can find in every supermarket or [use] tofu [or] mushrooms,” she advises in her video. “[A]ll these different textures … will add a delicious taste to your meal.”

Feeling inspired? You can get started on your vegan journey today—order a copy of PETA’s free vegan starter kit! It has everything from recipes and tips on eating out to health information.