Vilma

Vilma Larsson, 25, previously had jobs in a grocery store, a care home and a factory.

La Sonora Dinamita Every time La Sonora Dinamita lead singer Vilma Diaz performs, she looks forward to singing “Escandalo,” the group’s biggest hit.

"Before we couldn't move around easily, through fear of being physically hurt," voter Vilma Abrego told me at a polling station in Quetzaltepeque, outside San Salvador, after she cast her ballot.

Other finalists this year included Vilma Núñez de Escorcia and Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez — two emblematic figures in the fight for the defense of human rights in Nicaragua — and a trio of women from Poland, El Salvador and the United States leading a fight for “free, safe and legal abortion.”

Other finalists this year included Vilma Nunez de Escorcia and Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez — two emblematic figures in the fight for the defense of human rights in Nicaragua — and a trio of women from Poland, El Salvador and the United States leading a fight for “free, safe and legal abortion.”