Vanessa Chica
Educator/Writer/Performance Poet

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Vanessa Chica is a New York City Educator, Writer and Performance Poet. A lover and supporter of all things creative. She began to share her poetry in 2013, at the Poets Passage in San Juan Puerto Rico.

This frightening yet liberating decision has led to a whirlwind of creative endevours.  Vanessa Chica has featured at various events such as The Smokin Word, Urban Juke Joint, Capicu, [email protected], The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and The Bronx Museum. She has performed At The National Black theatre in poetic theatrical shows " From the Page to the Stage", "Misconceptions" and Misconceptions too" produced in part by The Sunday Writing Circle/ The Full Circle Ensemble.  She was a panelist for " Mujeres at the Mic" Bringing the Nuyorican experience, at The Association of Writers held in Los Angeles (2016). 
She recently Published her first poetry book titled "The Girl With The Smile". Vanessa Chica believes there is strength in vulnerability and she is becoming stronger every day. 

Publications


"The Girl with the Smile" is a collection of poems. In its pages you will find the author's journey towards understanding, acceptance and vulnerability. 
 
It is Simply...Beautifully...Human...
Available for Purchase at
https://www.createspace.com/6027654



"Full Circle: Poetry Anthology"
By The Sunday Writing Circle, 2014

"No Apologies: Poetry Anthology"
By The Sunday Writing Circle, 2013

"Smokin Word" 
By Machete Movement
Poetry over Music
Elkat Productions; 2015

"The BX Files" Contemporary Poetry from the Bronx".
Elkat Productions; 2015

Videos
Join us on February 25th from 1-3pm At Poe Park FREE EVENT! 
2640 Grand Concourse Bronx New York 

The Abuela Stories Project Will be at Poe Park. Award winning performance poet Peggy Robles-Alvarado and the multi-talented and highly acclaimed poet Vanessa Chica will facilitate an hour long workshop using The Abuela Stories Project Book as a tool to generate original writing.

 Open mic with readings by writers featured in The Abuela Stories Project.

Photograph display by Daisy Arroyo.

Books will be available for purchase! 

Los Angeles
​April 2, 2016

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Mujeres at the Mic!:
A Reading by Nuyorican Women Writers. (Peggy Robles-Alvarado,  Maria Rodriguez- Morales,  Nancy Mercado,  Vanessa chica Ferreira)
What is a Nuyorican? Are any of them women? This reading discusses what it means to be a woman in the Nuyorican literary movement and poetry performance scene from Loisaida, El Barrio, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and beyond by featuring the work of four prominent, intergenerational New York City-based poets at different stages of their careers.
With their defiant and oftentimes nostalgic expressions in English, Spanish, and Spanglish, these mujeres have secured their spot in Nuyorican history.

Room 403 A, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level

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