Oral storyteller, reading mediator, whisperer, and lawyer, born in the province of Jujuy in northern Argentina. She currently resides in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Since 2008, she has been part of the oral storytelling collective “BOCA FLORIDA” in Buenos Aires (C.A.B.A.) and the “ALMA DE CUENTOS” collective, a group of storytellers active in museums, schools, and various cultural spaces in the southern area of Buenos Aires Province.
Since 2015, she has been a volunteer member of “CASA CUNA CUENTEROS,” a solidarity group dedicated to storytelling in the pediatric hospital Pedro Elizalde in Buenos Aires.
She also contributes to the internationally-reaching digital platform El Visitante Arte y Cultura, where she shares a weekly storytelling podcast segment titled “Estamos hechos de historias” (We Are Made of Stories).
Graciela has actively participated in numerous national and international festivals, including:
• The International Storytelling Festival “PALABRA MÍA” in Madrid, Barcelona, and Vilches, Jaén, Spain (2015).
• The program “REGALADORES DE PALABRAS” at UNAM, Mexico, in November 2017.
• The “BARICUENTO” International Storytelling Festival in Cúcuta and “PIEDECUESTA CUENTA” in Piedecuesta, Colombia, in April 2018.
• The “IX CÁNTARO DE CUENTOS” Festival in Itagüí – Medellín, Colombia (2022).
• The International Gathering “CONGRESALES DE LA PALABRA” in San Miguel de Tucumán (2017 and 2018).
• The “PALABRA MÍA” Festival at the Municipal Theater of Lomas de Zamora (2018).
• The KAU Orality Festival in Alte. Brown.
• The Northern Zone Oral Storytellers Association Gatherings (2018, 2019, and 2021).
• The “Palabras que abrazan” Festival in Santa Fe and Rosario (2023 and 2024).
• The “Cuentos de Aire y Mar” Festival along the Argentine coast in Pinamar, Valeria, and Ostende Villa Gesell (2022, 2023, and 2024).
• The “Ñanderoga ñe e Poti” Festival in Corrientes (2024).
During the pandemic, she participated in various online performances, events, and international festivals, including Mexico’s “Fogata de Cuentos” and Colombia’s “Cuentos Con Voz” in Pereira, as well as Mexico’s “OCTUBRE NEGRO” Festival.
Graciela also carries out a self-funded project with her husband, delivering books to libraries and boarding schools in isolated areas of the Puna Jujeña region for the past four years under the motto: “My goal is for books to reach everywhere.”
July 5, 2020 6:00 pm