Isa Noyola

Isa Noyola (She/Her) is a pioneering trans-Latina activist and national leader in the LGBTQ+ immigrant rights movement serving within the United States and across the U.S. Southern border. As a passionate and seasoned organizer rooted in her community, she advocates for the abolition of oppressive systems that criminalize, harm, and dehumanize immigrant communities of the global majority.

Noyola is the director of the Border Butterfly Project an effort serving queer and trans migrants with culturally competent and trauma informed comprehensive services in order to promote just and humane practices in the immigration system. She actively campaigns for the release of transgender women held in ICE detention and calls for an end to deportations and mass incarceration targeting marginalized communities.

Noyola has also been a co-president of the Women’s March board and is a co-founder of El/La Para TransLatinas, a community-based organization in San Francisco. She has served on the advisory boards of Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, the Radical Imagination Family Fund and the International Trans Fund. Currently, she is featured in The California Museum’s exhibit, “California Women Inspire: Celebrating Women’s Equality in the Golden State.”