Aden Abebe is an exhibited visual artist, independent writer-producer and non-profit founder. 

Her first foray in film & television, she created, wrote and produced the hit format-bending CBC Gem series, virgins! (2022). As the Showrunner, she wrote and independently produced the series (Miskeen Media inc.) to tell more stories that amplify marginalized voices. Her bespoke production company Miskeen Media (MM). based out of Toronto, Canada is committed to telling new & nuanced stories that prompt critical discussion through art. As MM looks to the future, the focus remains on telling nuanced stories of kinfolk drenched in humour and full of heart.

A trained Photographer, turned Writer - Producer and Executive Producer, Aden has had her work presented to the public by means of art exhibitions, film screenings and television. She has been seen and featured on The Social and eTalk and has received grants for her work from: the Ontario Arts Council, the Independent Production Fund, Canadian Media Fund, Bell Fund and many others. She has also received public recognition in the form of invitations to juror screenwriting competitions and invitation to international delegations representing Canada and the Canadian Media Producers Association; including to South Africa and the UK. She is currently executive producing two films and mentors emerging filmmakers across Canada.

She also runs ART+HEALTH (est. 2018), an arts-based mental health non-profit that she co-founded serving diverse communities in Toronto and surrounding regions.

A multidisciplinary leader and talent, Aden is an intentional storyteller whose culturally-specific work speaks volumes to the communities she creates for. Beit creating conceptual photographs and community organizing around mental health or writing original & new stories, her work reinforces the full spectrum of our humanity. Aden creates as a means not an end, and always has a greater vision for where her work can take her and her community. 

The transition from Industry Outsider to Executive Producer is a rare one that is often gate kept - that is the antithesis of her belief system. This is evidenced by her commitment to mentorship, coaching and public speaking on how to break into the industry and an industry outsider.