Cristy C. Road is a Cuban-American artist, writer and musician who’sbeen supplying creativity for punk rock, publishing, & social justicemovements since she was a teenager in Miami, circa1997. Road self-publishedGreen’zine for ten years, and has since released three illustrated novels whichtackle gender, sexuality, mental health and cultural identity; truthfully spokenwith curse words and bathroom humor: “Indestructible” (2005), “BadHabits” (2008), “Spit and Passion” (2013), and her most recent project, TheNext World Tarot, a traditionally illustrated Tarot deck depicting resilience andrevolution. C.Road’s illustrations has been featured in New York Magazine, TheAdvocate, The New York Times, Maximumrocknroll, Razorcake, Bitch Magazine,Bust Magazine, and countless other publications; as well as on shirts, recordalbum covers, concert and political advocacy posters worldwide.As a musician, Road is a songwriter and guitarist. She fronted the pop-punkgroup The Homewreckers for eight years, and currently fronts her new project,Choked Up.Road has been touring nationally and internationally on her own, with herpunk rock bands, and with Sister Spit: The Next Generation since 2001.Cultivating a performance trajectory with a consistent show of defiance, sheperforms at bookstores, record stores, basements, bars, college campuses, andbeyond.She is a Gemini and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.