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Daniella Tejada Cortes began her studies of the oboe at the age of 11 and continued the pursuit of a professional career at the Conservatory of the National University of Colombia where she finished her bachelor's degree in 2019. During her studies, she participated in several student and professional ensembles and orchestras in Bogotá: the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bogota Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Colombian Youth Philharmonic Orchestra. Internationally, she has played several times at FEMUSC (music festival in Santa Catarina, Brazil), at the Portillo International Festival (Chile) and at the Francophonie Orchestra. Having completed her master's degree in interpretation of the oboe at the University of Montreal in 2021, she currently works as an "Oboe Teaching Artist" at Sistema New Brunswick, as the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra oboe coach and as the Moncton University oboe lecturer. She plays an active part of the New Brunswick musical scene, having played with the New Brunswick Symphony Orchestra, the Ventus Machina woodwind quintet and several productions of the Tutta Musica Orchestra with the Moncton Capitol Theater.