Playwright, The River Bride

Other premieres: Braided Sorrow (Su Teatro); Heart-Shaped Nebula (Shotgun Players). 

Other plays: Alcira, American Triage, Ghost Limb, Woman on Fire and Wolf at the Door. 

New work developed at: AlterTheater Ensemble,  ScriptWorks, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Brava Theater Center, Crowded Fire Theater, East LA Rep, Halcyon Theatre, Impact Theatre, Latina/o Theatre Commons, Marin Theatre Company, Santa Clara University, Teatro Luna, Teatro Vivo and the University of San Francisco. 

Other credits: Bay Area Latino Theatre Artists Network founding member; Latina/o Theatre Commons steering committee member; Playwrights Foundation Resident Playwright Initiative alum. 

Awards: PEN Center USA Literary Award in Drama, National Latino Playwriting Award co-winner, National Playwrights Conference semi-finalist, Chicano/Latino Literary Prize in Drama, Aurora Theatre Global Age Project finalist, MetLife Nuestras Voces National Playwriting Competition runner-up. 

Education: MFA in Writing, University of San Francisco; Iowa Playwrights Workshop, University of Iowa.@MariselaTOrta