Tali Sabio Piuk

Talio Sabio Piuk is an Aguaruana Peruvian indigenous leader, first female leader of the Wawas indigenous community, in the Imaza District since 2022.

Biography

Sabio Piuk was born on 24 August 1984 in the Aguaruna Wawas community in the Peruvian Amazonas. At the age of 18, she began participating in community meetings.
In January 2022, she was appointed unanimously as leader apu of the Wawas community, becoming the first women to ever be elected to this office. Prime Minister Mirtha Vásquez defined this appointment as historic and Sabio Piuk was also congratulated by Vice Minister of Interculturality Rocilda Nunta Guimaraes, the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations and others politicians. In 2023 the Ministry of Culture awarded her the Distinguished Personality of Cuture, which President Dina Boluarte gave her in September that year.
She has three children.

Others Jobs

After completing her term as Apu in her designated community, Sabio began working as an official translator of the Awajún language, providing official services for the Ministry of Culture to the justice operators of the Judicial Branch and the Public Ministry's prosecutor's office.

Honors

Distinguished Personality of Culture