Jacob Omar Jerónimo maya ch'orti', is co-founder of the Central de Organizaciones Indígenas y Campesinas Maya Ch'orti'.
He has worked and coordinated actions in multiple spaces to propose and influence the creation and application of policies public policies focused on ensuring the collective rights of indigenous peoples, on land, territories, and integral rural development. He has been part of different national spaces, peasant organizations and human rights, from which he has contributed to pushing forward the concept of the Right to Food in Guatemala.