At the time she worked for an advertising agency specialising in translating copy, however due to a chronic health condition Drenda opted to follow a career as a freelance writer.

[1] In the lead up to Euro 2012 Drenda began to intensively photograph everyday street scenes and architecture in the realisation that much of it would be lost due to rapid redevelopment in preparation for Poland hosting the tournament.

[1] In 2016 Drenda published her seminal book Ducholgia polska, which focused on the material experience of Poland's transition from communism through the prism of Jacques Derrida's concept of hauntology.

A later publication titled Wyroby, drew on her previous book in discussing commercial products and domestic objects from the post-war period of Polish history to the 21st century.

[1] Drenda is a fan of Piosenka poetycka, a form of Polish sung poetry, and has described Filip Kuźniarz's tribute to Stanisław Lem as one of Kraków's best pieces of street art.