"By skating in polleras, we want to show that girls and women can do anything, no matter how you look or how people see you," says Daniela Santivanez, who founded the group with two friends in 2019.
"Indigenous people have stopped wearing their traditional clothes, refrained from passing down the language and even changed their last names out of fear of discrimination, but we've decided to break the chains of violence and accept our roots," says Huara Medina, a 27-year-old graphic designer and Imilla Skate member.
Since becoming an internet sensation in 2020, attracting more than 170,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok, the skateboarders have traveled the world, appeared in spreads of international magazines and been invited to national skate competitions.
The crew of Imilla Skate zipping down hilly streets, leaping off skate ramps or teaching kids the skateboarding philosophy that guides them: When you fall, you get back up.
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