Melisa Cardona
Melisa Cardona – Was born to two immigrant parents and raised between Atlanta, Georgia and their native land Colombia, South America. After several years of world travel, theater and film performances throughout Atlanta and the west coast, Melisa’s gaze organically turned to the wetlands and is now based in New Orleans, LA. She is currently collaborating with various artists and theatre ensembles around the city as a community organizer and performer including Mondo Bizarro, Art-Spot Productions, Alternate Roots, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., RISE and many others. She is also exploring activist driven art with a focus on arts and culture advocacy, cultural equity and immigrant rights, ranging from language/culture studies, Colombian artistry, Spanish mountain music, poetry, film, translations, and Spanish lessons for young students.
She sees this work as building blocks contributing to the cultivation of her number one goal within her craft: The ability to construct art in a way that will reflect international diversity and inspire positive change to our polluted yet beautiful world, for a new mañana.
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