Vero Diaz is an Indigenous Artist, Spiritual Teacher and Healer from Mexico based in Toronto

Vero believes in the power of radical imagination as a force that brings collective actions and personal transformation in the face of hard emotions, urban realities, and memories.

She has been an Arts Educator for almost two decades in Waterloo, Toronto, and internationally in Costa Rica, Colombia, and México with Award-winning organizations like Vibe Arts, Jumblies, and East End Arts.

Vero is passionate about facilitating spaces where art brings healing and wellness with painting, creative writing, and mural-making. They also curate journeys for others interested in their decolonization path through art and inner connection.

Their therapeutical and creative practice is connected to her Spiritual Path and grounded in the indigenous reclamation journey of her culture from the Original Caretakers of Anahuac, Mayan Peninsula, and Sierra of Nayarit, Jalisco and Queretaro in México. Her artistic work carries these themes and wisdom within her paintings, self-portraiture lens-based series, and spiritual mentorship and therapy she provides to Latinx, BIPOC, and queer people.

Her work has been published in Shameless Magazine, Black Solo, and shown in Harbourfront Centre, Gallery 44, Toronto Public Library, Artscape Yongeplace, Sketch, World Pride, York University, Waterloo University, and Kitchener City Hall. Díaz mounted her first solo photography exhibition Inner Blooming at the Arcadia Gallery in 2017 and was one of the highlighted photographers for in 10 x 10 Photo Exhibit in 2019.

She completed her Masters in Environmental Studies (MES) at York University in Latinx Transformation & Decolonial Art Practice and is Traditionally Trained with Elders in womb medicine and Earth Based Teachings.