Armando Perla is a cisgender Latinx queer settler and former asylum seeker to Treaty 1 territory also known as Winnipeg, Canada. He now lives on the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation. Tiohtia:ke also know as Montreal has historically been a meeting place for other Indigenous nations, including the omàmiwininì or Algonquin people. Armando is a consultant, activist, and independent curator. He is a board member of the International Council of Museums’ International Committee on Ethical Dilemmas. He was part of the founding teams of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and the Swedish Museum of Migration and Democracy. He has been an International Advisor on Museums, Human Rights and Social Inclusion for the City of Medellin. Armando collaborates with museums, cultural institutions, and communities on issues of social justice, human rights, and inclusion in Canada and abroad. Armando holds a Bachelor of Laws from l'Université Laval in Canada and a Master of Laws in International Human Rights Law from Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Sweden. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Art History and Museology at the University of Montreal.