She was awarded the Premio Eugenio Espejo in 2003 by President Lucio Gutiérrez for her lifetime work in the indigenous movement.

As it was common for girls to be raped by the landowners, Tránsito’s mother decided her daughter would be better marrying an older man.

In 1930 she helped to set up the first indigenous organization of her country and took part in 26 marches to the capital, Quito, to demand justice for her people.

Tránsito was arrested on return from one of these tours and detained, accused of trafficking weapons and Bolshevik money to incite revolution, all she had was documentation for promoting land reforms.

But of course she did not stop, in true style of the revolutionary woman that she was, she continued her work, fighting for equality and justice for her people.