Denisse Cordova Montes

At the University of Central Florida, Denisse’s scholarship focuses on human rights approaches to food system inequities, state and local implementation of the human right to food, economic and social protections to address gender-based violence, and the role of social movements in shaping human rights norms and discourse. Before joining the University of Central Florida, Denisse taught and supervised law students at the University of Miami School of Law’s Human Rights Clinic in cutting-edge human rights litigation and advocacy at the local, regional, and international levels. At the University of Miami, Denisse also founded and directed the Food Rights Initiative.

Before joining the University of Miami, Denisse was based in Germany from 2012 to 2018, where she coordinated the Gender and Women’s Rights Program at FIAN International, an international human rights organization that promotes and defends the right to food. Denisse serves on the board of FIAN International and is a co-founder of the National Right to Food CoP.