Manuela Villa (Madrid, 1976) works as Head of Content at the contemporary creative space Matadero Madrid and as General Coordinator of La Noche en Blanco (White Night). She has been an advisor for Creative Support in the Arts Department of the Madrid City Council and has regularly contributed as a journalist to media outlets such as El País, Vanity Fair, Discover Art o Calle 20A graduate in Sociology from The London School of Economics, she is the author of the book Emerging Art in Spain / Emerging Art in Spain (2007) and has been a founding member of the cultural agitation tool Ladinamo.