Patricia Yallico was born in a small town in the Ecuadorian Andes and studied audiovisual production at the Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNICEN) in Argentina. She also undertook further training in Directing and Acting at the Instituto de Cine y Actuación (INCINE) in Ecuador.
Her films have been selected for international film festivals including: the 13th International Student Film and Video Festival in Beijing, organised by the Beijing Film Academy; the 2nd International Indigenous Film and Video Showcase of Mexico; and the Semaine du cinéma équatorien in Paris, among others. She has participated in several national and international residencies and conferences, including the 2020 Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI).
Patricia is an active participant of the Ecuadorian Indigenous movement through the Confederación de los Pueblos de la Nacionalidad Kichwa del Ecuador (ECUARUNARI), and is member of the Corporación de Productores Audiovisuales de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos del Ecuador (CORPANP). She is currently on the coordinating board for the Asociación de Creadores del Cine y el Audiovisual de Pueblos y Nacionalidades (ACAPANA).
She is currently working on her first feature-length fiction film, inspired by the Indigenous leader Dolores Cacuango. This production is in development and she will be documenting its progress as part of this residency.