ALEJANDRA RAMOS RIERA is a Puerto Rican Playwright, actress and director based in NYC. Author of the book “En la azotea, 10 piezas cortas de teatro” (Ed. Callejón 2016). Winner of the 2020 Miranda Family Voces Latinx Playwriting competition with her play “Malas mañas”. Holds a B.A in Dance and Theater, from University of Puerto Rico, and a M.A. in Scenic Arts from the University of Murcia, Spain. Playwright-In-Residence at Teatro Publico, Inc., Co-founder and Artistic Director of Teatro la azotea, Inc., and Artistic collaborator with Pregones/PRTT. Other publications include her short story “Times of Fire” (ViceVersa Magazine, 2020). International Theater Festivals include: Casa Las Américas (La Habana, Cuba, 2010), International Short Play Festival at Teatro Circo, (Murcia, Spain 2013), and Artistic Step-Up Artist in Residence at Pregones Theater with her play “Broken Words” (2019). Some of her latest work include“Rhythms of Heart” (48 Hours in…El Bronx Theater Festival, 2021); “Mara tres veces…” (Official selection of The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture Theater Festival, 2020); “Bitter Sweet” (Virtual performance produced by Pregones/PRTT, 2020); “Saben A-Mar” (Fuerza Fest, 2019); “París” (En Construcción: New Works by Latin American Writers, Queens, NY 2019). Ramos has taught courses and workshops at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (2017 - 2018), Guttman Community College, CUNY (2019) among others, and has been invited as Guest Speaker at Emory University (2021). She also works as Digital Humanities Project Manager at The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (CUNY). Instagram:aleramosriera

Diego Lanao is a writer/comedian who has studied playwriting under Eduardo Machado and Julie McKee at HB Studio, sketch writing at the Upright Citizens Brigade and TV Story Structure with Eric Linus Kaplan. He has always wanted to pursue screenwriting and acting, but made a short detour through completing his pre-med and computer science studies at NYU. When he's not working his day job as a media analyst, he enjoys learning new languages, composing music and keeping up with Peru's national soccer team. IG:@dlanao5, Twitter:@lanao_diego

Guadalupe Flores has worked in communications and public relations in the non-profit sphere for nearly two decades, with a primary focus in the arts, higher education policy and election policy. His creative achievements include “The Coyote Stratagem,” published in Applause Books’ “The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011,” the 2012 Kennedy Center’s Ken Ludwig Scholarship, and was a finalist for the 2012 Arizona Theater Company’s National Latino Playwriting award. Flores has an adult son who is (fortunately) smarter and better looking than he was at that age. He holds a bachelor’s in English and theatre arts from the University of the Incarnate Word, a master’s in playwriting from Texas State University, and a master’s in playwriting from the University of Iowa. Instagram: argentfish, Twitter: TheLiterateGeek, Facebook: LupeFlores/

Fernando Vieira is an Ecuadorian-born New York-based writer, director, and performer. He debuted as a stage writer and director with the Spanish-language monologue “Me voy porque puedo” in 2016. He has written plays, short stories, and screenplays. His most recent plays include “Goodbye, Little George” (2020) and “Anormales” (2020). He recently presented a short documentary called “Unlabeled” (2020), where he discusses gender identity. Awards/Recognition include two LATIN ACE awards and being selected as part of artistic cohorts at NYFA, Creative Capital, and Leslie-Lohman Museum. Vieira earned a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from SUNY Plattsburgh. IG: @fernandovieirausa

Alicia Margarita Olivo is a Mexican American playwright from the Houston, TX area whose work focuses on the interactions between space, identity, and relationships. Alicia is currently part of the Company One Theater's C1 PlayLab Circuit Volt Lab. Most recently, Count Yourself Among the Lucky received a virtual reading with Telatúlsa Theater Company. Alicia was part of the 2020 AlterLab First Acts cohort with AlterTheater Ensemble in San Rafael, California. Alicia earned a B.A. in Theatre Studies and Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies from Wellesley College.

Luis Roberto Herrera is currently a South Florida based playwright with a B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Florida. He was a resident playwright in the GREENHOUSE Residency at SPACE on Ryder Farm. He has had work produced at the Fort Lauderdale Fringe Festival, and the New York Summer Theatre Festival. His full-length plays include; Pale Blue Dot, Poolside Glow, Born Still, and SAA(not that one). Poolside Glow was chosen for the New Year New Works reading series at Fantasy Theatre Factory on January 26th 2019, and was most recently a part of the Greenhouse Development Residency 2019 program at FIU. He was a part of the 2019 Athena Writes fellowship at Athena Theatre Company and Born Still was a part of the 6FT APART SERIES through Silver Tongued Stages and is currently in his second year of the M.F.A. playwriting program at The New School. IG: fullsizedluis, FACEBOOK: Luis Roberto Herrera