[2] In 2007 Yumbay was lecturing at a university and she was the executive director of the Institute for Indigenous Sciences Pacari.

These rights are not dependent on national boundaries alone but on geography and the history and heritage of the indigenous people who live there.

[5] The President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso brought in the constitution clause number 148 known as mutual death in May 2023 when he knew that he was about to be impeached.

At his election there were only nine members who voted against him including Rosa Baltazar, Adriana García, Lucia Posso, Fabiola Sanmartín, Andrea Rivadeneira, Carmen Tiupul, Luzmila Abad and Yumbay.

[8] The assembly also formed its commissions including the one on Transparency, Citizen Participation and Social Control.