Background
At the age of three her family moved to Vancouver, Canada where she grew up. Her father, Doug Schick, was a professional rugby player who represented Canada in international competitions.
At the age of three her family moved to Vancouver, Canada where she grew up. Her father, Doug Schick, was a professional rugby player who represented Canada in international competitions.
She was a world ranked swimmer at the age of fifteen and represented Spain at the 8 Nations Cup (1992) in Sweden and the European Junior Swimming Championships (1992) in England. She competed in the finals at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Spanish Olympic Trials for CN Ferca (Valencia), Real Canoe North Carolina (Madrid) and Club Natacio Sabadell (Catalunya). At sixteen, Schick Garcia directed a play that was presented at Vancouver"s Theatre Festival.
At eighteen, she earned a swimming scholarship to University of California, Los Angeles where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Art History.
During her time at University of California, Los Angeles she was also a student-athlete activist and a journalist for the Daily Bruin. She was ranked sixth all-time in the 200 IM and eighth in the 400 IM on University of California, Los Angeles"s all-time best times in 1996, and was the swim team co-captain in 1999.
She was the swimmer featured in the 2000 Technical Architecture Group Heuer link watch advertisements which appeared in Vogue Magazine, Harper"s Bazaar, Elle Magazine, among others Her films Cancer and A Safe Place were screened as official selections at Les Films du Monde, Montreal.
She directed the music video El Lado Salvaje for the Chilean band Wentru that appeared on Music Television Latin America.
She appears as "Françoise" in Juliana Hatfield"s memoir "When I Grow Up". She was the songwriter and musician of the Canadian experimental band Japanese People’s Songs who were named one of Vancouver"s best unsigned bands in 2007. She has written articles in French and English for Slate, Huffington Post and The Advocate, among other publications.