Veronika Swartz is a deaf actor, burlesque dancer, comedian and writer with over a decade of experience. She has studied various styles of writing with established teachers such as Jen Whalen, Daniela Saioni, Dawn Whitwell and Albert Howell, as well sketch and improv with various instructors at Second City and others. For the stage she wrote and performed for the critically acclaimed Shameless Dames burlesque troupe for almost a decade in Toronto and writes and performs stand-up also. For the page, she has been published in Eye Weekly, Sex Life Canada, and is currently a contributor to The Beaverton.