janet romero-leiva
photo by black coffee poet
spanish on her tongue (en dos lenguas), is the first full length production by queer feminist latina visual artist and writer janet romero-leiva. janet is a 1.5 generation chilena-canadian who immigrated to canada at the age of 7 and has since been trying to find her footing between america of the north and america of the south. she has been performing around the city for the past 10 years at/with lengua latina, mayworks, lesimages, toronto women’s bookstore, pride, mujeres al frente, ocasi, etfo, black coffee poet and others. janet is a former social service worker, former staff of the toronto women’s bookstore and former translator. this mostly autobiographical piece is her attempt at creating a space and place for the many mis/under/un-represented voices that roam this land.
© 2011 janet romero-leiva
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