Writer · Communicator · Event organizer
Valeria Vegas has a degree in Audiovisual Communication. Since 2015 he has been a columnist and writes for various Spanish media such as Vanity Fair, Shangay, Candy, Lecturas…
Co-scriptwriter with Los Javis of the series “Veneno”, she is the author of four books ”Great Actresses of Spanish Cinema”, ”Ni puta ni santa. The memories of La Veneno”, ”Dressed in blue. Social and cinematographic analysis of transsexual women in the years of the Spanish Transition”, and her book, ”Libérate”, collects the history of LGBTQ culture that paved the way in Spain. In 2023 he published his first fiction novel «Supporting Actress»
He has directed the documentary ”Manolita, La Chen de Arcos”, awarded as the best Spanish documentary at LesGaiCineMad 2016, which includes the testimony and experiences of the first transsexual mother who managed to adopt in Spain. His directing projects also include ‘El enigma Nadiuska’, for Atresmedia. He has been part of the Canal Sur program, ”El Legado”, designed to remember artists of yesteryear; as well as in the inclusive Tinder spot on the occasion of World Pride. She has also served as a talk show host in different colloquia, among which are “El Congreso del Bienestar”, from Cadena SER; the exhibition ”Cultura Basura” at La Térmica de Málaga, the Rizoma Festival in Madrid, ‘Journalism, divas and popular culture’, for Imagincafé Barcelona (La Caixa); or the round table ‘Collective memory, popular culture and stars, organized by the Carlos III University of Madrid.
Since January 2020, he has collaborated weekly on the Cadena Ser radio program ”A vivir Madrid”, hosted by Macarena Berlín, in which he interviews different artists from the national scene.
On television, he currently collaborates in the morning magazine ”La hora de la 1” on TVE, and the Canal Sur program ”Un año de tu vida”, presented by Toñi Moreno. She is one of The Body Shop‘s ambassadors for their “Self Love Uprising” campaign.