Ana Pontón Mondelo is the first woman and the first nationalist to govern Galicia. She was born in the small village of Airexe, in the parish of Chorente.

She cut her teeth in the youth of Galiza Nova since high school in Sarria. In 2012, she joined He became its national spokesperson and, in 2016, its leader. "A new nation status for Galicia in the State" is one of the demands that he revealed in the campaign.