"#MarielleFranco was elected with the leftist Socialist and Freedom Party (#PSOL) in 2016 as the fifth most voted councillor in #RiodeJaneiro, #Brazil's second-largest city with a population of over six million.
As a #young, #black, favela-bred #lesbian woman #activist, she championed several #underrepresented demographics in Brazil's institutional politics and was beloved by activists across the country."