A twenty something seed planted in Tkaronto/Toronto, covered by Treaty 13. shqdel releases energy through visual, sonic and lyrical offerings. Her most intuitive language is to exhale melodic word-play and run-on sentences into poems and songs. shqdel hopes her pieces console, bring healing and make those who encounter her creation, feel a sense of being understood. she aims to blend her advocacy and creative capacities to be a catalyst of tangible change. shqdel invites the listener to reconnect with their softness and be gentle with self and inner child, which will then result in love spilling onto others.