Claudia Rodriguez

President and Co-Founder of Regenesis

Environmentalist, activist and artist. She was born in Lima, Peru, immigrated to Canada when she was five years old with both parents of Peruvian nationality. She is bilingual in English and Spanish, and is active in Toronto's Latin community appearing several times on popular Latin radio stations, including Voices Latinas, within the context of Latin American politics and advocating on behalf of local community groups. She was the NDP candidate in the 2007 provincial election, against incumbent Monte Kwinter. Her popularity amongst the youth was noted in the Student Votes 2007 results, arriving in second place from the incumbent with 25.71% of the youth vote. She is co-founder and president of The Regenesis Project and Regenesis International. She is also the great grand daughter of Peruvian president Jose Balta.