Mu-aria Chiquinquira Díaz wayeyisigqila sase-Afro-Ecuadorian maphakathi nekhulu le-18 futhi wayeyisigqila sokuqala e-Ecuador ukuthola inkululeko yakhe. Akukho lwazi oluningi ngempilo kaMaria. Bonke abantu base-Afro-Ecuador abakhumbulayo kuye ukuthi walwa impi enzima ukuze akhululeke futhi enzela inkululeko yamadodakazi akhe ngoMeyi 1794, washintsha inkambo yomlando wakhe nowezinkulungwane zabantu.abesifazane abamnyama e-Ecuador. Yize eyisigqila, engumuntu nokwazi ukuthi usebenzisana nabantu abangamabhizi, wayewazi amalungelo akhe futhi elwela inkululeko yakhe ngokusekelwe olwazini lwakhe.
UMaria nezigqila zesifazane eziningana bathola inkululeko yabo ngokumangalela nokuhlasela abaphathi bezenzo ezihlazisayo nezingenabuntu, njengokuzala izingane ngezigqila zesifazane, ukuphoqa umsebenzi ngeSonto, ukumisa isikhathi sabesifazane ukuba banakekele izingane zabo., Kodwa futhi bavimbela imfundo. UMaria nabangane bakhe bangobunye bobufakazi bokuthi kufanele sesabe ulaka lwabesifazane base-Afrika. Isithombe sakhe silenga eNahim Isaias Museum eGuayaquil.