About Victoria

Victoria K. Armstrong (formerly Victoria L. Kidd) is an artist, writer, and entrepreneur living and working in the beautiful Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Through her creative aspirations, as well as through the café she owns in downtown Winchester, she is committed to working in service to her local community, statewide activism efforts, and global humanitarian causes.

​As an artist, her work focuses on putting to canvas the unique vision and representation of color, movement, and detail that was apparent to her only after suffering a stroke in her 30s. Her recovery yielded a new way of seeing things and sharing that new vision with others has become a passion filling endless afternoons. Her pieces are approachable, suitable in subject matter for homes or offices, and made with the intention that everyone should be able to enjoy, collect, trade, and gift original art.

As a writer, Victoria has been involved with a number of regional publications, including Around The Panhandle, Around Harrisonburg, Valley Homes and Style, The Observer, and others. Core audience count have included more than 250,000 people across three states, but several columns, articles, and blogs reached even larger audiences across the country. In a business she previously owned and operated, Victoria was a ghostwriter for hundreds of private individuals and a technical writer for numerous corporate clients, including nonprofits, small “main street” businesses, and even Fortune 500 companies. Currently, she is actively working on her first full-length novel.

Complimenting a life of creative and community-focused pursuits, is her experience as the founder of Hideaway Café, a respected coffee house and community organizing “ground zero” in Winchester, VA. The café is committed to ensuring patrons enjoy a safe space for all guests, regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, etc. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors for Winchester Pride and as an appointed member of the Winchester-Frederick County Tourism Board and has previously served on the boards of the ACLU of VA, the LGBTQ Democrats of VA, and the AIDS Response Effort.

She is an engaging speaker regularly asked to address audiences about the causes she champions, and she welcomes new connections from people across all industries and backgrounds.