Hi! I’m Veronica Antipolo. I’m a professional storyteller and coach.
I tell stories, teach and speak about how sharing stories:
impacts and transforms the storyteller when we hold space for them,
connects us and builds community,
is key for sparking positive change.
It started as a hobby. But whew, storytelling had such a transformational impact on me that I continue to share stories, as well as, help others find and share theirs.
Here’s my story
Part existential crisis and part leap of faith, I started storytelling and stand-up comedy as hobbies.
The leap landed me exciting opportunities. Unexpectedly, it also landed me in spaces of impact and community building that fostered real connection - a key ingredient to sparking positive change.
Storytelling also took me on a surprise journey of self-discovery and transformation. I felt empowered by it. In fact, my experience got me so curious about how telling our stories impacts us that it’s now a mild obsession!
As a cheerleader for people, I hope to bring awareness to, celebrate and honor the diversity of human experiences by sharing the importance and impact of storytelling, sharing stories and helping others share theirs.
Sassy La V
My stage name and wordplay on “Ça? Ç'est la vie”. Translated from French, it means “This? This is life”. A reminder that life is made up of our interconnected multi-stories.
Literary Artist
Storyteller, writer, comedian, poet. Featured in: CBC Radio’s “The Doc Project”, Reader’s Digest, Stories We Don’t Tell: The Book, award-winning RICE Asian comedy podcast, Toronto Storytelling Festival, Museum London.
Mosaic Untold Lives
A storytelling platform for Women of Color that I co-founded to share, amplify, and honor our diversity of stories that are not often heard.