Actor

Mariana has a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and studied writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Harvard University and the Asian American Writer’s Workshop. Acting credits include: Theater: The Strange Case of Citizen De La Cruz (The New Ohio), Assembled Identity (HERE), La Negra (Hi Arts), The Lie Jar (Leviathan Lab), La Paloma Prisoner (Signature). The Emperor and the Queen’s Parisian Weekend (HERE), Trade Practices (HERE), Elegy for a Midshipman (Dixon Place), and Three Graces (The Ohio). Film: Something Else (Best Actress Paris Film Festival) and The Wanderlust Room (SFC Cannes)among others. 

She received her BFA in acting from NYU’s Tisch school of the Arts. She studied writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Harvard and the Asian American Writers Workshop. She is originally born and raised in Manila.