Laura Lecuona studied Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. An editor and translator specializing in memoirs, young adult fiction, philosophy and social sciences, she has held editorial coordination positions at Paidós Mexicana, Fondo de Cultura Económica and Ediciones SM.

As a popularizer of feminism, she is a regular lecturer and writer. She is author of Las Mujeres son Seres Humanos (Secretaría de Cultura, 2016), a short introduction to feminism. In the Spanish-speaking world she is one of the main referents of the feminist criticism of the doctrine of gender identity. In 2017 she founded Feministas Mexicanas contra Vientres de Alquiler (Femmva), a grassroots organisation against surrogacy, and Laura is Mexico’s country contact for Women’s Declaration International and the author of Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers (Spinifex Press, 2024).