Meet Allie Talavera - a young and ambitious Mexican-American with a burning passion for writing. She was introduced to the theater at age nine when she joined Off-Broadway Corona Theater in Southern California. After years of performing, she began crafting scenes and plays produced through her classes or high school theater department. At age eighteen, she moved across the country to pursue playwriting at Marymount Manhattan College in New York. When not writing, she teaches Musical Theatre to elementary students with the non-profit organization Transforming Arts and Minds. Allie recently graduated with her Masters in Writing for the Performing Arts through the University of California Riverside’s Low Residency Program. Allie creates captivating monologues, high-stakes stories, and characters challenging the norm. Her writing delves into complex themes of sexuality, gender, and religion, immersing readers in thought-provoking narratives that stay with them long after the final sentence.