She creates works that primarily focus on the nature of human identity and cultural memory, more specifically through the lens of feminism.
[3][4] Friedemann-Sánchez was born to an American father and a Colombian mother in Bogotá, Colombia.
Growing up, she recognized the struggles of being bicultural from an early age: "When you’re a child you relate in a feeling kind of way, not so much knowing exactly what is going on.
Friedemann-Sánchez attended La Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia from 1982 to 1985.
[6] After increasing tensions due to an unnamed civil war,[5] Friedemann-Sánchez left Colombia and moved to the United States.