Anatalia Vallez
Anatalia Vallez is a writer, performer, and artivist passionate about using art as a tool for creating consciousness and community. Addressing everything from migration, machismo and our relationship to nature, she seeks to find intimate truths and plant seeds to change the world.
First published in Barrio Writers at seventeen, she’s taken writing workshops with Las Dos Brujas, Winter Tangerine, Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble and through CREAR Studio’s DIY MFA program. She has a BA in Sociology and minor in Theater and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley (Ohlone land).
the most spectacular mistake is a love story to herself, her roots, and the sacred ritual of chanting the past to heal into the present. It is a testament of the connection between the core of the body, the heart and spirit. Vallez undoes the entanglements of life and the ancestors she carries in her palms while weaving together traditional offerings through words. A lyrical altar reclaiming her existence and triumphs."—Sarah Rafael García, author of SanTana's Fairy Tales and founder of LibroMobile