In 2013,after sixteen years of teaching in rural areas,Morales left her job because her mother was elected deputy governor of the Huichol people and Morales began to get involved in community activities. In 2016,she was elected a member of its Council of Elders and later of its Communal Property Oversight Council. [1] [4] [3] [5]
Morales participated in negotiations over the territorial boundary dispute in Nayarit,as part of the community had been annexed to that state,and she confronted Governor of Jalisco Enrique Alfaro Ramírez to make the indigenous communities' claim known. She left this office in February 2020. [1] [6] [7]
She has focused her activism on the fight for the defense of human rights,respect for and promotion of cultural identity,recognition of territory and sacred sites,preservation of culture,education,gender equality,and the rights of women and children. [5]
In August 2020,after Mónica Maccise Duayhe [ es ] was dismissed from CONAPRED,President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented a shortlist of three women from indigenous communities to replace her as head of the institution:Claudia Morales Reza,Olga Santillán Rodríguez,and Mónica González. [8]
She was sworn in on 12 March 2022,becoming the first indigenous person to reach this office. [3]
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