[1][6][7] Many of the songs that she wrote during her formative years in music school were written in the Kaqchikel language, and they were inspired by her experiences as an indigenous woman, her connections to her ancestors, and her love of nature, themes that would carry over into her later work.
She became particularly well known in Guatemala for the ballad "Ch'uti'xtän" ("Girl"), which gained hundreds of thousands of views on social media streaming platforms in 2015.
[8] The following year she released the song "Ralk’wal Ulew" ("Children of the Earth"), with a video[12] by the documentarian Pamela Yates, whom Curruchich had met in New York.
The music video made for the song, directed by Daniel Garcia, shows the differences between life in urban and rural communities in Guatemala.
A short documentary about the tour, Desde Nuestro Muxu’x, directed by Juan Pablo Rojas, was released in 2019.
The concert, which was held directly in front of the wall, also featured appearances from Mexican singer-songwriter Ceci Bastida and the band Tijuana No!.
[16] Curruchich has also shared the stage with the singer-songwriter Fernando López and the Guatemalan Mayan rock group Sobrevivencia, which sings in the Mam language.
[19] She had originally intended to organize a music festival featuring Indigenous women musicians from Latin America but this plan was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Also appearing as part of the concert were Ana Tijoux, Rozalén, Andrea Echeverri, Gaby Moreno, Sol Pereyra, Amparo Sánchez, Rebecca Lane, and Carmen María Vega.
[3] In interviews, Curruchich has denounced the occupation of land by multinational corporations, as well as the attacks on and killings of indigenous leaders who work to resist it.
[8] In October 2021 The Ford Foundation named Curruchich as one of the 2021 selections for their Global Fellowship Program, which aims to aid emerging leaders in their fight for equality.