Background
Cristina del Valle was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
Cristina del Valle was born in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain.
As a singer, she started with the band Vodebil, but she released her first solo-album in 1989, Cris. The group split in 1996, but returned in 2003 with the album Louisiana larga espera.
Mujer del año 1998, Valdés (Asturias) Premio Comadre de oro de 1999 Premio Vaqueira, 1999 Premio Flor de Manzana, Villaviciosa (Asturias) Premio Racimo de oro 1999, Jerez Premio Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) “Mujer 99” Premio Luarca 1999 Premio T de Tarde a la Tolerancia 2000 Premio radio Gorbea 2001 Premio Nosotras 2001.
In 1980, she went to Madrid to study criminology and since 1978, she has worked in several social action groups, Non-governmental organizations (Ayora, Solidarios, Apram, and others) and left-wing political parties which worked in support of human rights, for the Sahrawi people or against domestic violence.