Latine Theatre Artist, Esther Almazán, has an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Arizona State University. She is a playwright, actor, and director, and has worked with Borderlands Theater, The Rogue Theatre, Harlequin Productions, Beowulf Alley Theatre, Something Something Theatre, Invisible Theatre, and others. Her play, “Indian School,” received the Kennedy Center Latinx Playwriting Award for Distinguished Achievement, the ariZoni Theatre Awards of Excellence, and was a semi-finalist for the 2019 Eugene O’Neill NPC. Her scripts have been staged by Child'sPlay, Institute of American Indian Arts, ASU’s Mainstage and TheatreLabs, Pandora Festival, Apron Strings Project, Write Now, and Flying Solo. In 2022, she was commissioned by Child’s Play to write a collaborative script with the youth of the Tohono O’Odham nation. Esther is the proud recipient of The Gammage Scholar Award for 2019-2020. She was honored with a 22-23 Fulbright award to Ireland, conducting her research at the University of Galway Theatre department. Her Fulbright project, "Yaqui and Béal: Yoeme and Irish in Conversation" was selected for the Galway Theatre Festival in both 2023 and 2024.