Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez

Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez (born 1960) is an indigenous Quechua weaver from Chinchero in the Cusco region of Peru. Along with other Quechua weavers from Chinchero as well as international supporters, she helped to establish the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (CTTC) in 1996 as a non-profit organization. Since 1996, Callañaupa has served as director of the CTTC. She has written two books on Peruvian weaving, and has co-authored a third on weaving elders of the Peruvian Andes.

Biography On her maternal side, Callañaupa's grandfather was Spanish and her grandmother was Quechua.

Callañaupa grew up in the 1960s in Chinchero, Peru. Her parents earned their living through agriculture. She was one of the first women from her community to attend university, as during this time only men were expected to continue on to higher education. along with her sister Adela Callañaupa Alvarez, also a weaver from Chinchero, to present about the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco.