Vivir Quintana

Vivir Quintana (born Viviana Monserrat Quintana Rodríguez; Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila; 1985) is a Mexican singer and composer. Quintana penned the song "Canción sin miedo", or Song without Fear, which has become a feminist hymn against gendered violence and femicide.

Background Viviana Monserrat Quintana Rodríguez was born in Francisco I. Madero, Coahuila, Mexico in 1985 to Gloria Rodríguez, a retired educator in social sciences and geography and Tomás Quintana, a mathematics professor. She has two brothers.

Quintana comes from a musical family, as her grandmother was also a singer but did not pursue in career in music due to opposition from her parents. At this same age, she became aware that she could sing when she performed the song Paloma Negra by Tomás Méndez.

When she was 17 years old, Quintana began her academic studies at the Escuela Superior de Música in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. She also completed a bachelor's degree in Spanish at the Escuela Normal Superior del Estado de Coahuila. For three years, Quintana was a middle school Spanish teacher where she would use music as a pedagogical tool. During this time, she would also play in various bars.

In 2004, Quintana was selected to represent Mexico in the International Festival of the Arts in Europe: Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands.

In 2020, she was listed in Forbes México's 100 Creative Mexicans for her musical works. In 2024, she was presented with the Leading Ladies of Entertainment award by the Latin Recording Academy.

Canción Sin Miedo

Vivir Quintana composed "Canción sin miedo" as a commission from Mon Laferte, who was scheduled for a performance in Mexico City on March 7, 2020, as part of the musical festival, "Tiempo de Mujeres, Festival por la Igualdad," in commemoration of International Women's Day. The song became viral before its public performance at the festival through the messaging app, WhatsApp.

Canción Sin Miedo was featured in the ending credits of the Netflix original documentary film The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo, which details the story of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, a mother from Ciudad Juárez who was murdered while seeking justice for the killing of her daughter, Rubí Frayre.

Discography

Singles Enamorada (2018) La Casita de la Selva (2019) Yo Te Espero (2019) Huracán Kathy (2020) with Silvia Palumbo & Desbandadas Canción Sin Miedo (2020) with Mon Laferte No Estás Sola - Llamadas de Emergencia (2020) with Snowapple & El Palomar Llora Llora (2021) with La Catrina Son System & Nana Mendoza

Compilations

Yo Vengo a Ofrecer Mi Corazón (2020) as part of Las Voces de Latinoamérica Gracias a La Vida (2020) as part of Las Voces de Latinoamérica