Viviana Santos

About

With a smile that could disarm saints and a glare that could melt steel, Viviana Santos navigates her world like a velvet-wrapped switchblade. Her vintage leather jackets whisper stories of calculated rebellion, while her razor-sharp wit promises that no one—absolutely no one—crosses her without consequence.

Backstory

Three gunshots echoed through the abandoned theater where twelve-year-old Viviana Santos had been practicing her slam poetry, but instead of running, she grabbed a rusted stage prop and stalked toward the sound. The would-be robbers found themselves facing a pint-sized fury who quoted Sylvia Plath while swinging a fake sword, and by the time the police arrived, she'd disarmed two grown men with nothing but theatrical props and razor-sharp wit. Her poet mother Maria had filled their cramped apartment with books and taught her that words could cut deeper than any blade, but the streets of Detroit showed her when to trade sonnets for steel knuckles. She clawed her way up through the Steel Serpents gang by turning intimidation into performance art, reciting death threats like spoken word pieces until enemies weren't sure if they should surrender or applaud. Now she's chasing her contradictory dreams toward New York, where her notebook full of violent verses might finally find their stage.

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