Guadalupe Urbina

[2] Held at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, Urbina shared the stage with musicians Youssou N'Dour, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy Chapman, and Bruce Springsteen.

[2] While living in Europe, Urbina returned to Costa Rica for several months each year to teach children stories related to their cultural identity.

[9]: 65  Urbina presented her children's book Benito, Pánfila y el perro garrobero, illustrated by Gabriela Cob, at the Centro Nacional de Cultura (National Cultural Center) in December 2002.

[15] Urbina and journalist María Suárez Toro were granted a scholarship by the GAEA Foundation in 2006 in recognition of their "notable work to explore and develop alternative social realities that promote justice, creativity and sustainability".

The scholarship was given to support a two-month residency the following year in Massachusetts, United States, to write a theatrical production, entitled Wings of the Butterfly, based on Suárez's doctoral thesis.

Urbina based her paintings on Mayan stories, taking inspiration from Pop Wuj, and created them by utilizing acrylic, oil, pencil, and collage on recycled papers made from mango fibers, tobacco, tamarind and rice.

[4] After receiving treatment and recovering from a third tumor, Urbina moved to Longo Maï, an agricultural cooperative located between the Costa Rican cantons of Pérez Zeledón and Buenos Aires, to rest at 2011 due to poor health.

[22] During the 2014 Costa Rican general election, Urbina announced her support of presidential candidate José María Villalta, of the Broad Front.

[4][24] Ahead of the 2018 Costa Rican general election, Urbina supported Broad Front candidate Edgardo Araya Sibaja [es].

[2][27][28] Urbina participated in a campaign organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture to honor food industry workers working through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

[29][30] On a February 2021 broadcast by the Kioscos Socioambientales program of the University of Costa Rica, Urbina delivered a statement with program director Mauricio Álvarez and activist Osvaldo Durán that denounced the "impunity for crimes against indigenous people", and specifically spoke about the murder of Bribri leader Sergio Rojas and perceived inaction by the state.

[32] According to musician and professor Juan Carlos Ureña, Urbina's songs "reflect the force of her land and people and the sounds and traditions of Guanacaste folklore.

[17] Urbina owns a farm in the agricultural cooperative of Longo Maï, between the Costa Rican cantons of Pérez Zeledón and Buenos Aires.

Urbina performing in 2010
Urbina singing with children at the Longo Maï cooperative in Costa Rica