Lady Vanessa Caicedo Cardona

LADY VANESSA CARDONA IS A MESTIZA, COLOMBIAN, FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANT ARTIST AND COMMUNITY BUILDER. SHE STARTED HER ARTISTIC CAREER IN WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA AND CURRENTLY LIVES IN AMISKWACIWȂSKAHIKAN (EDMONTON), TREATY 6 TERRITORY. LADY GRADUATED WITH A BFA AND SPECIALIZATION IN THEATRE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY. SHE IS A MENTOR OF A REFUGEE YOUTH LEADERSHIP GROUP CALLED, NEWCOMERS ARE LIT OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR REFUGEES YOUTH NETWORK. MOST RECENTLY GARNERING THE 2018 CANADIAN INDIVIDUAL POETRY SLAM CHAMPION TITLE, LADY HAS TOURED AND COMPETED AROUND CANADA PROMOTING HER ART AS AN EDMONTON LOCAL ARTIST AND PROUD MEMBER OF THE BREATH IN POETRY COLLECTIVE. LADY BELIEVES IN THE HEALING POWERS ART PROVIDES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.