Patricia for J.Jill

Inspired Women

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PATRICIA VELÁSQUEZ ACTRESS, AUTHOR & FOUNDER OF THE WAYÚU TAYÁ FOUNDATION

With an international career that spans modeling, acting and entrepreneurship, she also wrote the memoir Straight Walk: A Supermodel’s Journey to Finding Her Truth. Patricia is also an award-winning, socially conscious activist who founded the Wayúu Tayá Foundation, wayuutaya.org, in 2002 to improve the lives of Latin-American indigenous communities.

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