Therese Patricia Okoumou

[3] In 1993, when Okoumou was a young adult, civil war occurred in her home, exposing her to violence, and prompting her move to the United States.

In 2019, Okoumou was given 5 years probation and 200 hours of community service for charges of trespassing, interference with agency functions, and disorderly conduct.

[3][10] In January 2019, Okoumou began a ten-day journey across detention camps in Texas, where she and other activists visited undocumented children and offered Valentine's Day cards.

[3][11] On February 20, 2019, Okoumou climbed the Austin headquarters of Southwest Key, an organization that operated 24 migrant detention centers that held children.

She hung a banner that read, "Abolish ICE" and stayed on a three-foot beam on top of the building for over eight hours, before climbing down and going to the hospital to be evaluated.