About Me

I was born in Jalisco, Mexico, and raised in the U.S.A. from the age of thirteen. Ever since I was a child, I’ve always been drawn to the art of storytelling. Folktales fed my imagination when my grandmother, aunt, and mom would each tell me stories at night or out in the fields when we searched for prickly pears. Some of these tales were about our relatives coming home from the U.S.A.; a woman who drowned her children in a river; a mule lost in a cave carrying sacks of gold; the apparition of Will O’ the Wisps at twilight by the water reservoir; women unable to have boys, because they didn’t eat pumpkin; the Mexican revolution; The trunks of trees filled with golden centenaries, and many more tales. Similarly, Disney, Anime, Mexican music, and telenovelas influenced me in wanting to become a writer. In my childhood and adolescence, I wrote short stories of fantasy with themes of coming-of-age and romance, unsent letters addressed to a crush, and poetry—works that no longer exist.   

Nowadays, I live in New York City writing for the stage, screen, and fashion magazines. Since graduating from university, my work has been performed at NYU’s Shubert Theatre, The Hudson Guild, Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, Lincoln Center, The Lucille Lortel Theatre, and SoHo Playhouse; As for my journalistic work, my articles are published at L’Officiel USA.  

Recently, I won a commission at the Kennedy Center from Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative, where I wrote a 20-minute opera titled A Way Forward; and I won the 6th Annual Write Out Loud Contest in 2024.

Why do I write? I once read two quotes from well-known writers: Jhumpa Lahiri, who said, “I write for myself,” and Annie Ernaux, who said, “I write to avenge my people.” I echo their statements, though, I write to immortalize my people, and I write to create worlds that can transport you, the audience and the reader, to places you may want to live in; I am most interested in writing fantastical, larger-than-life characters grounded in real human emotional experiences that affect us all, and stories that explore the darker aspects of humanity.

I am a member of the Dramatist Guild, Opera America, and ASCAP, and I have an M.F.A. in Musical Theatre Writing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.