Heath V. Salazar

Biography

Heath V. Salazar (they/them) is an award-winning Latinx multidisciplinary performer and writer.

Named a ‘prolific trans artist’ by CBC Arts in 2019, Heath has developed their career with a focus on projects that center intersectional forms of queer and trans representation across all disciplines. They utilize the arts to make potent social change because they recognize and value the arts’ ability to transcend language, borders, and class systems.

Heath’s artistry and advocacy has given them the great privilege of shaking hands with some of the very elders who’ve fought for their rights as a queer person as well as the opportunity to work as a speaker and lecturer in classes full of young m...