Malinche, also known as Doña Marina, was a Native American woman who played a pivotal role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century. She served as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary between the Spanish conquistadors and
Marina or Malintzin, more popularly known as La Malinche, was a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, who became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. She was one of 20 enslaved women given to the Spaniards in 1519 by the natives of Tabasco. Cortés chose her as a consort, and she later gave birth to their first son, Martín – one of the first Mestizos in New Spain.