Starting her career in the 2000s in the underground scene of Lima, she had several pop, punk, and electronic bands, and continually collaborated with filmmakers, musicians, and artists.
 
With that experience, now her studious approach to the subjects covered in her albums and other art pieces is constantly influenced by her background as a researcher. Cárdenas has completed a BA in Art History, a master's in Sound Studies, further studies in History of Science and Technology, and is currently pursuing a PhD at Berlin University of Arts. She has edited two volumes of the publication Border-Listening/Escucha-Liminal on decolonial, non-western, and Latin American perspectives on sound and listening, and is co-founder of the Berlin-based festival Radical Sounds Latin America.