Krisanta Caguioa-Mönnich, a single working mother, originally comes from the Philippines. After studying and working in the furniture, architecture, and interior design industry in the Philippines, she has been involved in the past eight years in the social sector. Krisanta is a language and cultural mediator (currently on sabbatical leave) at Ban Ying (Thai for “House of woman”) Counselling and Coordination Center and Shelter against Human Trafficking. Being also a freelance artist, she has been able to overcome her personal and professional coping difficulties being a migrant woman and working for migrant women*, who have experienced exploitation, violence, or human trafficking. Against the background of her own migration stories, she interprets and transforms the observable ways in which the women* deal with their migration experiences in paintings/artworks.
* The women are included in the artistic creative process through photos and talks.
