Vicenta Siosi

Vicenta María Siosi Pino (Riohacha, Guajira, 1965) belongs, on the maternal side, to the Apshana clan and is of Italian descent by her father. She completed her secondary studies at the La Divina Pastora school in Riohacha and her higher studies at the University of La Sabana (Santafé de Bogotá) where she obtained a degree in Social Communication and Journalism in 1987. At the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (Santafé de Bogotá) she obtained a Specialization in Regional and Municipal Development Planning (1997). Vicenta has served as correspondent and press officer of the government of La Guajira, screenwriter, university professor and documentary filmmaker for television, she has worked on audiovisual projects, and her stories have been reproduced in various national and regional media.