La Malinche, whose given name was most likely Malinalli, was an indigenous woman in what is now Mexico in the early 1500s. She has also been known as Malintzin and Doña Marina (as the Spanish called her.) Most well known as the indigenous woman who helped the Spanish conquer the Aztecs by serving as translator, La…
La Malinche: Traitor, Victim & Survivor, or Mother of Mestizos?
Beth Nevarez Historical Consulting 