Lorena Borjas

Lorena Borjas (May 29, 1960 – March 30, 2020) was a Mexican-American transgender and immigrant rights activist. She was known as the mother of the transgender Latinx community in Queens, New York. She lived for many years in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens, where she was a community figure and leader. Borjas was born in Veracruz, Mexico and studied public accounting in Mexico City.
Borjas earned honors from former Mayor David Dinkins, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. In 2019, she was declared a New York Woman of Distinction in the State Senate.
Borjas died on March 30, 2020, aged 59, from problems of COVID-19 at the age of 59.