About Me

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I do a lot of things.

I act. I direct. I write. I teach. I interview people. I make things.

I’m a multidisciplinary artist from DMV area, and I’ve never been particularly interested in putting my work into one box. Each craft has led me to the other and worked hand in hand. The different parts of my practice constantly talk to each other, and I like it that way.

At the center of all of it is a curiosity about people.

How we become who we are, what we inherit, what we carry, and what we might choose to change.

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As an actor, I’m interested in the body as a place where stories live and can be shared live. As a director, I’m interested in what happens when a room becomes collaborative and everyone has a hand in shaping the story. As a writer and creator, I’m drawn to the messy, complicated places where personal stories meet larger questions about family, culture, memory and what things we inherit.

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A lot of my work begins with a question I don’t know how to answer.

I often use interviews as a way of getting closer to that question. I’m interested in people’s actual words, the pauses, the ums and ands, the contradictions, the things they meant to say and the things they didn't. I don’t want to clean people up to make them easier to understand. I want to listen closely enough that their complexity can remain intact. 

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That curiosity finds its way into my original work, including What to Expect When You’re La Virgen and No Salgas Con El Pelo Mojado, where documentary storytelling, performance, and personal experience meet. Through my work, I’m interested in creating spaces where people can listen, recognize themselves in someone else, question what they’ve always known, and connect in unexpected ways. 

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I’m also a bilingual theater educator and have spent more than a decade working with young people and adults in English and Spanish. Teaching has reminded me over and over again that creativity isn’t something you either have or don’t have. Sometimes people just need permission to be curious, ridiculous, vulnerable, or loud. That belief carries into the rest of my work, too: I want to create spaces where people feel safe enough to explore, take risks, and discover something they didn't know they had to say.

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My original work has been supported by the NextLOOK Artist Grant, the Clarice Smith Artist Residency, and the WhereWithal Research Grant. Each has contributed to the development of my work as a creator and storyteller.

Whether I’m acting, directing, writing, teaching, or making something I haven't quite figured out yet.

I don't necessarily have the answers. I'm interested in making the work that helps us ask better questions.