Vicky graduated from Law School Escuela Libre de Derecho in 2001 in Mexico City. She then trained as an actor at Centro Universitario de Teatro, Mexico’s National University (UNAM) before completing an MA in Movement Studies at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in London, UK, in 2009.

Vicky has been movement director for Antony & Cleopatra, Much Ado about Nothing, The Winter’s Tale (all at Central), Tartuffe, The Miracle and Echoes from the Deep Song (all at East 15), and The Kapok Tree (Eye Spy) all in London. In México she has worked as movement coach in Alberto’s Villareal, ´La consagración del invierno´ and Luis de Tavira’s ´Citerea' at CUT UNAM.

As an actress Vicky has worked on stage, film and television. Her acclaimed solo show ‘Juana in a Million’, was awarded with a Fringe First Award at the Fringe Edinburgh Festival (2012), Best One-woman show at the ‘United Solo’ Festival in NYC (2013), a Maria Douglas Award for Best Actress in a solo show by the Mexican Association of Theatre Critics (APT) (2014) and a nomination as best actress at the Offies Awards (Off West End) in London, UK.

Recent stage roles include Milagros in Ad Infinitum’s Bucket List for The Pleasance at 2016’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Antigone in Wajdi Mouawad’s Oedipus Tears, Connie in Lucy Prebble’s The Effect, Sheherezade in Prophecy in the Future Tense at the International Festival of Experimental Theatre (Cairo, Egypt); Agrippinain Britannicus at the Accidental Festival, London; and performing in dreamthinkspeak’s production In the beginning was the end.

Umba Arts is a creative production house working in the UK, Colombia, Brazil, and Canada.
Compelled to shake the world and help transform narratives, Umba creates intricate, gripping and dynamic work in media, film, theatre and live events to tell profound stories with a focus on human and sociopolitical issues.

UMBA's productions include: 'Puente Bridge Podcast', stories that connect us, a link between Latin America and the U.K.; 'S.O.S. Colombia' podcast & Online docu-series 'Usme: Nido de Resistencia' (Memory, Peace, and reconciliation award, Bogotá-Colombia) on the Colombian social outbreak of 2021; “Desata” a video art testimony of a violence survivor for the Colombian Truth commission; And 'Stardust', an irreverent and impassioned multimedia solo production exploring the human cost of the global cocaine industry on communities in Latin America (**** “Using a mix of animation, movement and monologue, the storytelling is beyond impressive” The Guardian.)

Umba has also filmed, recorded and edited media content for Circolombia, Southwark playhouse, China Plate, Ad Infinitum, B.A.C., Battersea Beatbox Academy (UK) El Ingenio del Caldero AC (Mexico), and Sydney opera house (Australia)

Miguel is a multidisciplinary artist from Colombia based in the U.K. Initially trained as an actor and further specialized in physical theatre, Miguel's perceptive, dynamic and engaging work gain him a robust experience in carnival arts, physical theatre, immersive theatre, film & media. He is a devising performer and theatre practitioner with the acclaimed theatre company Gecko theatre, currently touring with KIN, a Gecko & National Theatre co-production. For 12 years, he worked with the immersive theatre maverick Secret cinema as an actor, performance director and creative director. He also worked as a performer, choreographer, and associate creative director for the carnival arts company Mandinga Arts.

Miguel is the Artistic Director of UMBA, a company founded to channel his experience and passion towards creating compelling work that responds to human and sociopolitical issues.

Mildred is a Colombian artist, researcher, and scriptwriter based in Brazil. She holds a BA in Arts and Cultural Mediation from the Federal University for the Integration of Latin America in Brazil.

As a feminist artist and LGBTQIA + activist, Mildred focuses on gender inclusion and collective memory. Mildred led and created “Assembly of women in the territory of the oblivion” an investigation into the experiences of women victims of violence conducted in the Foz do Iguaçu's women's prison.

She also wrote and directed the award-winning docu-series, 'Usme, Nido de resistencia' on the experience of young protesters in Usme, Bogotá, during the Colombian social outbreak of 2021. (Memory, Peace, and reconciliation award, Bogotá, Colombia)

Mildred is a Co-founder at UMBA, where she channels her skills and sensitivity as a scriptwriter and project leader.