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### Carmen Salvador

Carmen Salvador is a multidisciplinary artist and group facilitator with a 20-year career dedicated to innovative projects that combine literature, music and mindful practices for social transformation. As a musician, she has extensive experience in composition, production, and sound design, both as a songwriter and for performing arts. As a writer, she has received numerous recognitions for her work in short story fiction, micro story fiction and playwriting. She created Zapp School of Creativity, dedicated to fostering creativity for social impact with special focus on autobiographical writing for women.

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## [an arts worker horror story 🧟‍♀️ 🪦 🦇](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/an-arts-worker-horror-story)

<https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/carmen-gloria-salvador-gonzález>

 By [Carmen Salvador](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/author/carmen-gloria-salvador-gonzález)   
October 29th, 2024

My blood still freezes in my veins when I think about that hot, summer night. I arrived drenched in sweat and stressed about keeping to the agreed time. I had just retrieved a box of my CDs — this story takes place in a distant, pre-Spotify era — a precious treasure that a friend had kept safe for me while I lived and toured in New Zealand. I was finally returning to Chile, and this gig would be my first concert in my country in a long time. Little did I know that my joyous homecoming would soon morph into an arts worker's horror story.

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