Jessie Wardarski/Arizona Republic

Longtime artist Lucretia Torva was able to get the audience laughing with her tale of trials and tribulations as she went from working in a teaching position to fulfilling her goal of working with her hands as a true painter and artist.

KJZZ partners with the Arizona Republic to bring you the Arizona Storytellers series. We record the live events and share them with you on the radio. In Phoenix, the storytellers sometimes share stories about our community or the life events that have shaped them in general. Megan Finnerty is the creator of the series. 

Lucretia Torva isn’t an Arizona native, but she considers Phoenix her home. As an artist, she started a journey to become part of a larger community and find out who she was.

She just finished a mural project along the Light Rail system at McDowell and Central Avenue in Phoenix.

You can hear more stories like this at all of our upcoming nights.

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