Trauma, Drama & Creativity

Published: April 3, 2020, 1:33 p.m.

Carmen Aguirre moved to Canada as a Chilean refugee and has navigated many identities since. She’s been a revolutionary, a writer, an actress, and a victim of a serial rapist. In this episode, we’re talking about her second memoir (the first being Something Fierce), Mexican Hooker #1: Art, Love and Forgiveness After Trauma.

Our guest is Alina Anghel, the creative mind behind the Agency Life web series, an actress and writer from Vancouver.

Heads up - this book discusses sexual assault.