Lydia Cacho is an award-winning investigative journalist, feminist, and human rights activist. She is known globally in the investigative journalist community as one of the most active and prominent activists and reported of violence and sexual abuse towards women and children. Cacho’s parents were a massive influence on her while growing up. Her mother was a French refugee from World War II who worked as a grassroots activist for at-risk communities in Mexico City. Her father worked as an engineer who taught Cacho discipline and toughness. She started her career in journalism at the age of 23 working for newspapers in Cancun. Her initial jobs were primarily contracts to write entertainment and literature reviews for different newspapers, but she felt an obligation to write more meaningful columns. Cacho wanted to write about violence against women and provide a voice to a neglected community and raise awareness toward a systemic issue that plagued women throughout Mexico. Unfortunately, Cacho would be attacked for her work a few years later in 1999. After this violent attack she continued to investigate, and a year later helped found a shelter for women who were victims of domestic violence. In 2003 she wrote her landmark work “The Demons of Eden”. In it Cacho records, reports, and accuses several powerful business leaders and politicians in Mexico as being apart of an extensive pedophilia ring. The book was a shock to Mexico and the international community. Cacho was soon arrested for her work on charges of defamation. While incarcerated, she was the subject of plans to assault and abuse her to silence her reporting. In 2006 telephone conversations were recorded proving that the arrest was done purely to silence her. Leading politicians deliberately wanted her to be attacked to send a message. Cacho took her case to the Mexican supreme court in 2007, a historic moment since she was the first woman to do so but she lost her case. This loss was described as a major defeat for journalistic freedom in Mexico by The New York Times. Lydia Cacho is a voice for the most at- risk individuals in Mexican society. She has received death threats, survived assassination attempts, and been attacked for her tireless work to promote safety for women in Mexico. She has received countless awards for her work, been recognized internationally, and continues to fight for the safety for women and children across the globe. Her work is truly an inspiration to all journalists and individuals who seek to fight against systemic abuse of power and entrenched corruption.