Joyous Windrider Jiménez is an improv & performance poet, teatrista, mixed-media visual artist and video creator who blends performance and visual elements into stories that articulate her own journey of healing and emotional literacy.  A San Antonio native, she spent nearly a decade abroad on the island of Cyprus, where she helped diverse minority groups tell their stories. Since her return in 2009, she has presented her original poetry, theatre, and visual work in venues around her city, including the historical Guadalupe Theatre, Bihl Haus Arts, Gallista Gallery, Jump-Start Performance Company, UTSA's Buena Vista Theatre. She was recently anthologized in Puro Chicanx: Writers of the 21st Century published by Cutthroat, A Journal Of The Arts and The Black Earth Institute. Her art and writing grapples with topics such as home, identity, trauma, mental health, and emotional healing.

A teaching artist since 2012, she’s been creating and delivering workshops for organizations such as SAY Sí, Gemini Ink, the Magik Theatre, Teatro Audaz, San Antonio Wolf Trap, the McNay Art Museum, the San Antonio Museum of Art, and most recently Blue Star Contemporary's MOSAIC program for youth. Her students have been national recipients of the Scholastic Arts & Writing awards, and their performances have been featured in venues across Texas.