Amarilys Delayla Torres-Nuñez is a writer and student-success professional whose work centers on human rights, the protection of women and children, and the principle of peace. A first-generation college student from Manatí, Puerto Rico, she graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2025, where she pursued an interdisciplinary program in Zoology and Anthropology with a minor in Psychology.
In 2024, Torres-Nuñez won Citizens for Global Solutions’ New Voices 4 Global Solutions Essay Contest, a competition for people aged 18 to 30 seeking to strengthen the global governance system. Her winning essay, “Mobile Gender Courts: A Solution To Accountability Gaps in UN Peacekeeping and Survival Sex,” examines the persistent accountability gap in United Nations peacekeeping missions and the problem of sexual exploitation and abuse, proposing mobile gender courts as a remedy. An adapted version of the essay appeared in CGS’s journal, Mondial. As the contest’s scholarship recipient, she attended the 2024 Ventotene International Seminar in Italy (September 1 to 6, 2024), an experience she has described as deepening her understanding of federalism, inequality, and peace.
At Ohio Wesleyan, Torres-Nuñez served as the university’s first-generation coordinator, organizing campus events in support of first-generation students. She was inducted into the Mortar Board national honor society and received a Meek Leadership Award at the 2024 to 2025 Golden Bishop Awards in recognition of her campus leadership. She currently works at Salem State University as an Administrative Assistant II in the Office of Inclusive Excellence, continuing her focus on access, equity, and student support.
