Irvina has always been interested in the stories people inherit—and the ones they choose to believe. As a writer, artist, strategist, and speaker, she explores the intersection of truth, narrative, and culture. Her work asks: How do we know what is true? Who gets to tell the story? How can one person change culture through storytelling?

Those questions have taken her into legal archives, classrooms, community organizations, and public spaces, shaping everything from her writing and participatory art to her consulting and speaking.

Originally trained in photojournalism, Irvina became fascinated by the relationship between stories and evidence. She appreciated how a photograph could document a moment while still leaving room for interpretation. That curiosity eventually expanded into writing, healthcare, public art, and narrative strategy.

In 2010, she founded Rewrite Beautiful, a nonprofit that combined storytelling, street art, and preventive mental healthcare. In six years, the organization reached more than 6,000 participants through schools, community programs, and interactive art experiences designed to educate and reduce stigma.

Today, her work explores larger questions of truth, justice, and public narrative. She is writing Hearsay, a work of narrative nonfiction about her father, Irving Kanarek—the aerospace engineer-turned-attorney, best known for defending Charles Manson. Through that project, she examines legal history, evidence, and the stories societies choose to preserve—or forget.

Her journalism and essays have appeared in Knock LA, the Orange County Register, and other publications. She holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing and a bachelor's in Photojournalism & Communications.