--- description: Find out how Francia Márquez Mina is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2022 TIME100 Next: Francia Márquez Mina image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10f870f309379c0f/698a35c9457a523f33d66d88/time100-next-francia-marquez-mina.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 28, 2022 # Francia Márquez Mina by Carlos Alvarado Quesada  Nathalia Angarita—Bloomberg/Getty Images Nathalia Angarita—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesNathalia Angarita—Bloomberg/Getty Images Protecting the environment and the communities that depend on it. Working with and for the most vulnerable. Fighting for real equality. This is what Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez Mina [stands for](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-elects-first-black-woman-vp-francia-marquez-who-vows-stand-nobodies-2022-06-20/ "undefined"). In her own words, she is not an ornament or a political symbol. Francia is a woman of action and a leader who aspires to drive positive change. She knows, ­literally, how to walk the talk, as this [winner](https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/francia-marquez/ "undefined") of the 2018 Goldman Environmental Prize did in her fight against illegal gold mining. The Afro-American, Indigenous, and rural communities in Colombia have in her a champion—as do those across Latin America and the Caribbean. And with her powerful example, Francia is already making her mark on all the little boys and girls in the western hemisphere who are saying, “I want to be like Francia when I grow up.” _Alvarado is a former President of Costa Rica and a professor of practice at The Fletcher School at Tufts University_ Francia Márquez Mina Is on the TIME100 Next 2022 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213911/francia-marquez-mina/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213911/francia-marquez-mina/"},"headline":"2022 TIME100 Next: Francia Márquez Mina","datePublished":"2022-09-28T09:58:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:07:01.417Z","description":"Find out how Francia Márquez Mina is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership.","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213911/francia-marquez-mina/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10f870f309379c0f/698a35c9457a523f33d66d88/time100-next-francia-marquez-mina.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt10f870f309379c0f/698a35c9457a523f33d66d88/time100-next-francia-marquez-mina.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213911/francia-marquez-mina/","name":"2022 TIME100 Next: Francia Márquez Mina"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME100 Next: See Every Honoree","description":"See every 2022 TIME100 Next honoree in under two minutes.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/i4LJ3fau/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2022-09-28T10:00:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/i4LJ3fau.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213911/francia-marquez-mina/","duration":"PT1M59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2022/6213911/francia-marquez-mina/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```