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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre 2008-2014, University of California, Irvine and University of California, San Diego 
          Emphases: Critical Theory, Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Dramaturgy 

          UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016


Juris Doctorate, cum laude, 2006-2008, California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA 


Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 2001- 2005, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA

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DIRECTING |
PRODUCTIONS

Pásale Pásale

Mario Vega and Eliza Vedar

TuYo Theatree

San Diego Ca

2024

Hoops

Eliana Pipes

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

Milwaukee, WI

2023

The Revolutionists

Lauren Gunderson

CSU San Marcos

San Marcos, CA

2022

Group! A Musical

Julia Rosenblatt, Eloise Govedare, Aleksandra Weil

Passage Theatre

Trenton, NJ

2022

A Skeptic and A Bruja

Rosa Fernandez

Urbanite Theatre

Sarasota FL

2022

On Her Shoulders We Stand

Maria Patrice Amon

TuYo Theatre

La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival

San Diego, CA

2022

Azul

C Quintana

Diversionary Theatre

San Diego, CA

2022

Nana's Theatre Spectacular

Maria Patrice Amon

Moxie Theatre, Zoom Fest

San Diego, CA

Su Teatro

Denver, CO

2020

Mojada

Luis Alfaro

UCSD

San Diego, CA

2020

DREAM HOU$E

Eliana Pipes

CSU San Marcos 

San Marcos, CA

2020

A Play About Eye Contact

Daria Miyeko Marinelli

La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival 

San Diego, CA

2019

Fade

Tanya Saracho

Moxie Theatre

San Diego, CA

2018

The Madres

Stephanie Allison Walker

Moxie Theatre

San Diego, CA

2018

Lydia

Octavio Solis

Brown Bag Theatre Company

Irvine, CA

2016

DIRECTING |
WORKSHOPS & READINGS

Refuge

Andrew Rosendorf, Satya Chavez

Playwrights Center

Minneapolis, MN

2021

Extreme Home Makeover

Makasha Copeland

Capital Repertory Theatre

Albany, NY

2021

A Skeptic and A Bruja

2021

Rosa Fernandez

San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival 

San Diego, CA

Hoopla!

Cheryl West

La Jolla Playhouse POP Tour

San Diego, CA

2021

Fucked Up Pen Pal Poet

Ruben Carrazana

Kitchen Dog Theatre

Dallas TX

2021

A Skeptic and A Bruja

Rosa Fernandez

Urbanite Theatre New Works Festival

Sarasota, FL

2021

Ich Bin Ein Berliner

Vanessa Garcia

Theatre Lab

Boca Raton, FL

2020

Saints Go Marching

Matthew Barbot

Milagro Theatre Ingenio Festival 

Portland, OR

2020

The Cucuy Will Find You

Jaymes Sanchez

San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival 

San Diego, CA

2020

Mojada

Luis Alfaro

San Diego REP 

San Diego, CA

2019

DREAM HOU$E

Eliana Pipes

San Diego REP Latinx New Play Festival 

San Diego, CA

2019

Jets, Sharks, and Beckys

Nancy Garcia Loza

Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble

Santa Ana, CA

2018

GRANTS & AWARDS

Far South Border North Grant | 2023  

Poder Arte | TuYo Theatre | 2023   

California Arts Council, Impact Grans | TuYo Theatre | 2023   

National Endowment for the Arts, Grants for Arts Projects | TuYo Theatre | 2021   

 

California Arts Council | TuYo Theatre | 2021


National Directing Fellowship | 2019-2020

Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center,

National New Play Network,

The Kennedy Center,

Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation


National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works Grant | 2019


California Humanities, Humanities for All Grant | 2019


NNPN Collaboration Fund Grant | 2019

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