Edna Martinez grew up in Cartagena de Indias, in the Colombian Caribbean which influences her musical selection. Her musical selection is linked to her artistic research, in which she explores autobiographical migratory routes keeping the concept of resistance as a reference. Her focus is building an ecosystem that transcends borders through the sounds that she loves to share: Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazz bases, tribal polyrhythms, Arabic folklore and more.

Edna Martinez works on different projects such as Latinarab, a live set and musical curatorship that involves Arab and Caribbean percussion on the set and artists from these areas on stage, or as co-founder and curator of El Volcan, the only night for picotera in Germany. She is also the woman behind Prende la Vela, an event that combines documentaries and live and electronic music. She also moderates monthly radio programs on Radio Alhara (Palestine) and Worldwide FM (London).

Edna Martinez is aa lover of vinyl records and has collaborated with record labels such as Analog Africa, Nicolas Jaar's Other People, Palenque Records, and is currently doing a project with Strut Records.