Her mother was one of the first Kichwa nurses and she partnered Vercoutere's father who had come to Ecuador in the early 1970s.

[1] Vercoutere went to high school in Quito at La Condamine French Lyceum.

Vercoutere agrees with her mother and notes that her heritage is protected by the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador.

A revised government would propose not prioritise money but concentrate on work and life in a multinational society.

The proposals had taken a year to create and were titled, "Agenda for a Feminist Government Power to Transform" - Betty Tola was another spokesperson for the group.