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About Me

Texan by way of southern Arizona and northern Mexico, I am a bilingual actor who has performed in film and theater projects in Austin since 2006. â€‹

Height: 5”5

Hair Color: Brown

Eyes Color: Green

 

Location: Austin, TX

Television/Episodics
Special Skills
Television & Special Skills
  • Bilingual -- English/Spanish

  • Swimming -- specialized in freestyle and backstroke, but I can swim all strokes

  • Yoga -- Hatha

  • Fight choreography -- student level

  • Firearms -- novice -- shotgun.

Training & Workshops
Film: Feature Length
film: feature
Training & Workshops

PaperStreet Pictures | Blood Relatives | 2022

Day Player -- Cousin Bonnie

Regardless Productions | Dark Red | 2021

Supporting Actress -- Deputy Douglas

11:Eleven Productions | The Association | 2015

Supporting Actress -- Betsy

Aquifer Video | Greenbelt | 2013

Lead Actress -- Vera Salinas

Red Herring Productions | The Session | 2013

Lead Actress -- Dr. Clara Reeves

B*Tru Arts | Runaway Night | 2013

Lead Actress -- Lily

LookNow Productions | Sasquatch: The Legend of the Tree Guardian | 2012

Supporting Actress -- Stephanie Morgan

Warner Horizon | Lifetime Television | The Secret Lives of Wives | 2012

Supporting Actress -- Althea

Mad River Films | Guilty | 2009

Supporting Actress -- Maria Sanchez

  • Delray Beach Film Festival Official Selection

  • The Accolade Film Awards Winner

  • The Indie Fest Merit Award Best Feature Film

Ortiz Entertainment | The House of the Demon | 2007

Lead Actress -- Helen

Dancing Zombies, LLC | Z: The Zombie Musical | 2007

Supporting Actress -- Zombie Altar Girl #1B 

Film: Short
Film: Short
Reviews & Press
Reviews

Sufficient | Rain Chavez, dir. | 2019

Supporting Actress -- Kennedy

Univ. of Texas | Watch It | Rene Castro, dir. | 2019

Supporting Actress -- Mom

Univ. of Texas | Lupe | Marisela Campos, dir. | 2019

Lead Actress -- Lupita

Pozole | 2019

Supporting Actress -- Anita

Spryaig | 2018

Supporting Actress -- Bast Moulousse

Harleen | 2017

Supporting Actress -- Dr. Elizabeth White

Univ. of Texas at Austin | Carne Seca | 2015

Lead Actress -- Alma Juarez

Fasha Films | What I've Done | 2012

Lead Actress -- Cindy Sanchez

Estebandido Films | Mnemosyne Rising | 2010

Supporting Actress -- Sarah

Barbara Kennedy | Are You Scared? | 2012

Supporting Actress -- Erin

Indie Austin Productions, LLC | Members Only | 2009

Supporting Actress -- Pamela

GinJar Productions/Small Pond Pictures | The Ticket | 2007

Supporting Actress - Cherry

  • LA Shorts Fest

One Man Consensus Films | Just Add Water | 2006

Supporting Actress -- Debbie

CTX Live Theatre.com | Review: Amadeus by Penfold Theatre Company

The Austin Chronicle | Nominees for the 2018-19 Austin Critics Table Awards Announced​

The Austin Chronicle | Robert Faires’ Top 10 Treasures in Theatre of 2018

The Austin Chronicle | Ground Floor Theatre's There and Back

CTX Live Theatre.com | There and Back by Ground Floor Theatre

Austin 360.com | ‘There and Back’ looks at history of immigration through one woman’s life

Broadway World Austin | BWW Review: THERE AND BACK at Ground Floor Theatre

KUT.org | Raul Garza's New Play Is 'There And Back'

NoPro Podcast Episode 165 — David Wally of Mycotoo

The Hollywood Reporter | How SXSW, Comic-Con Fueled the Rise of Activation Culture

YouTube | SXSW Activation Experience

Adweek | Why SXSW Started an Awards Program Recognizing Immersive Experiences This Year

Nerdist | WESTWORLD FANS EXPERIENCE SWEETWATER IRL AT SXSW​

Austin360 | Five things we learned at HBO’s big SXSW ‘Westworld’ activation | Video

The Verge | A day in real-life Westworld from a host’s perspective

The Daily Dot | I was the Man in Black at HBO’s real-life ‘Westworld’

Medium | HBO’s SXSW Westworld Park is gloriously creepy and I’m never going back 

CNET | 'Westworld' comes to gritty, fantastical life at SXSW

Medium | HBO Westworld’s poetic mastery of transmedia at SXSW

KWTX | Waco, TX | Fort Hood: Actors help teach soldiers about suicide prevention

U.S. Army | Fort Hood Public Affairs | Suicide prevention interactive role-play wakes up Soldiers

Broadway World Austin | ENFRASCADA is an Engaging Story about the Magic of Women

Austin 360 | Review: Exchange Artists’ ‘Circle the Wagons’ Casting

Stage & Immersive Experiences
Stage

Bat City Scaregrounds

Scare Actor: Voodoo Priestess

Scriptworks | Out of Ink: Family Traditions | 2023

Ensemble 

  • B. Iden Payne nominee: Outstanding Performer in a Short Play -- Chris "Absolute Power Shortage"

Hyde Park Theatre | Frontera Fest: Terror at Twenty-Eight Feet | 2023

Bounces

  • Best of Fest selection

Penfold Theatre Co.| Amadeus | 2022

Lead Actress -- Constanze Mozart

  • B. Iden Payne nominee: Outstanding Featured Performer in Drama

FronteraFest | They Serve Brisket in Paradise | 2020

Supporting Actress -- Philomena

MyCotoo | The Queen Mary's Dark Harbor | 2019

Scare Actor: Swing Monster inside Circus, Lullaby, Feast & Streets | Barker

  • Monster of the Year -- Swings

Scriptworks | Out of Ink: Artificial Intelligence | 2019

Ensemble 

Hyde Park Theatre | Frontera Fest: Gods of Disdainful Judgement | 2019

Director

  • Best of Fest Wild Card selection

Hyde Park Theatre | Frontera Fest: Swift Mercy | 2019

Lead Actress -- Lisa Jackson

Ground Floor Theatre | There & Back | 2018

Lead Actress -- Gloria

Glass Half Full Theatre| Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW! | 2018

Scubuki

Scriptworks | Out of Ink: Lost and Found | 2018

Ensemble 

MyCotoo | Giant Spoon | HBO "Westworld" SXSW Activation | 2018

Supporting Actress -- Penny Mayweather​​

Teatro Vivo | Enfrascada | 2017

Lead Actress -- Alicia

Capital T Theatre | Marie Antoinette | 2016

Supporting Actress -- Revolutionaries

Pollyanna Theatre Company | The Funnybun Family Picnic | 2016

Lead Actress -- Buffy Funnybun

The Exchange Artists | Sacred Space | 2015​

Ensemble

  • Nominee -- B. Iden Payne Awards

The Exchange Artists | Circle the Wagons | 2014​

Lead Actress -- Lainie -- Love Don't Judge

The Exchange Artists | Streetcar Straight to Hell | 2012

Supporting Actress -- Manuela

Cambiare Productions | Messenger No. 4 (...or How to Survive a Greek Tragedy) | 2012 

Supporting Actress -- Klytemnaistra, Medea, Lady M, Gertrude

  • Nominee -- Austin Critics' Table

Pollyanna Theatre Company | Symphony of Clouds | 2012 

Supporting Actress -- Spanish-Language Narrator

Cambiare Productions | Orestes | 2009 

Supporting Actress -- Klytaimnestra/Fury

  • Nominee -- B.Iden Payne Awards

The Vortex Theatre | Oceana | 2009 

Supporting Actress -- Pele

  • Nominee -- B. Iden Payne Awards

Commercials & PSAs
Industrials & Web
Industrials & Web
Commercials & PSAs

Shooters Films | Jose Garza, dir. | Snapchat

Principal

Beef & Pie | Mike Woolf, dir. | Web & Digital

Principal

The Bear | PSA | Richard Linklater, dir. | Regional

Principal

Alpen Pictures | Preacher | Ben Quinn, dir. | Regional

Principal

Community Films | Mitchell & Palmer | Regional

Principal

Sanctuary | Regional

Principal

Tempt | Brian Bain, dir. | Trumpet | Pat McGuiness, Cr. Dir. | Regional

Principal

Ruckus Productions | Regional

Principal

Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing | Regional

Principal

Cibolo Films | Regional 

Principal

UPG Video | Ben Cecil, producer | Regional 

Supporting

Culture Industry | Allen & Gerritsen | National

Principal

KAM Productions | Regional

Principal

Culture Industry | National

Principal, Voice Over

UPG Video | Ben Cecil, producer | Regional

Supporting

Redtree Productions | RJ Casey, producer | Regional

Principal

Sugar Film Production | Worldwide

Principal

Shooters Films | Cibolo Productions | Regional

Principal

Directorz | Richards Group | Regional

Principal

Lucky 21 | Enviromedia | Regional

Principal

Revelator Productions | Chris Ohlson, producer | Regional

Principal

Curiosity Shoppe | Lisa Shaw, producer | Regional

Principal

Cibolo Films | Brenda Ambrize, producer | Regional

Principal

Love Advertising | Regional

Principal

Primer Films | Regional

Principal

Sugar Film Production | The Richards Group | Regional

Principal

Story Productions | Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing | Regional

Principal

Fueld Films | Summer Finley, producer | Regional

Principal

Sugar Film Production | The Richards Group | Regional

Principal

Fueld Films | Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing | Regional

Principal

Sugar Film Production | Regional

Principal

LatinWorks | Hungry Man | National

Principal

LatinWorks | Original Film | Regional

Principal

Sugar Film Production | National

Principal

Beef & Pie Productions | Regional

Principal

Rio Bravo Pictures | Regional

Principal

LAD Advertising | Regional

Principal

Laszlo Rain | Regional

Principal

Grant Entertainment | Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing | Regional

Principal

T-Minus Films | Local

Principal

Lee Tilford Agency | Local

Principal

TEA

Principal

Emergent Order

Principal

Ethics One

Principal

Rooster Teeth

Principal

Big Look Productions

Principal

Spiceworks | Revelator Productions

Principal

Revelator Productions

Principal

Butler Bros. Productions

Principal

Beef & Pie Productions

Principal

TexasWorkPrep.com

Principal

Voice Over
Voice Over

Magic Ed Tech | Akhil Pawa, Ravi Tomar, Rajnish Singh, prods | International

Principal -- Spanish Language

TKO Advertising | Raul Garza, producer | Regional

Principal

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Pearl eLearning | Christine Lehman, producer | National

Principal

Concepts Unlimited | Regional

Principal

TCM Educational Products | Eric McKinney, producer | National

Principal

C2C Productions | Yesenia Garcia, producer | Regional

Principal

Arts & Labor | Johnny Mars, producer | Regional

Principal

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