Bárbara Sánchez Novoa

Graduated with a degree in Socio-Cultural Studies from the Universidad de Camagüey on June 20, 2006 with Highest Honors. Television and National Radio presenter, journalist for the Cuban Television Program, Sitio del Arte, presenter of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. She is pursuing postgraduate studies in Art History at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the Universidad de la Habana, and in Journalism at the Instituto de Periodismo José Martí.

Between 2003 and 2006 she worked as a radio announcer for Radio Cadena Agramonte and Radio Camagüey. At that time she was the presenter of the television program El guiño del escaramujo, directed by Gustavo Pérez on Camagüey television.

Subsequently she worked as an announcer at the radio stations Radio Ciudad de la Habana and Radio Enciclopedia and advised on Promotions in the Division of Propaganda and Publicity of Cuban Television, among other activities.

She has also done voice work on various radio programs: Noticiero Nacional de Radio, El día posible, Al sur del Río Bravo and Diálogo Diferente. Her professional work also extends to Cubavisión Internacional, Canal Habana and Canal Educativo. Currently she can be heard on various programs of Radio Taíno and these days we can see her on the program Mediodía en TV.

A year before graduating, painter Maykel Herrera and she met in Camagüey and under that philosophy they had been together since 2006.

This boldness in visual arts is due to being accompanied by an excellent artist who is also an accomplished master and always encourages her when it comes to learning. It was pure entertainment; one day she decided to tell Maykel about it and he supported her. She gathered so much energy that she was already exhibiting the following week, although it is an amusement, a way of sharing sensations with him, criteria that not only stay at the retinal level but reach more experimental and practical levels.

This identifies her with the world of textures, of colors, because she now better understands many matters that he talks to her about daily. They look for solutions together, study new compositions, pursue the exhibits and catalogs of the most contemporary work with the same enthusiasm and passion.

She likes diverse musicals such as Nuestra cultura. She listens to classical music but very much enjoys Caribbean music and loves Cuban trova. The imprint of Consuelo Vidal inspires her greatly and the serenity of Laritza Ulloa motivates her to continue fighting for perfection, and although all human work is imperfect she believes that it should be a priority in our careers to surpass ourselves in each endeavor. She likes biographical novels and reading books of legends and cultural curiosities about places in Cuba and the world.

There is a book that marked her life and it was a text by Frei Betto: Entre todos los hombres, which is about Jesus Christ. Saramago's proposals are something important to her. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez is another jewel that she prefers to keep safely in her heart. One last book she cannot put down: Veronica Decides to Die by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho.

Exhibitions
2010- March 16: Opening of the collective exhibition of Plastic Arts "Juntos y revueltos" at the Radio Rebelde station.
2010- May 6: Opening of the collective exhibition of Plastic Arts at Canal Educativo.
2010-August 17: Opening of Juntos y Revueltos II at Canal Habana.