Amalia Oliva Rojas is a Mexican poet, performer, and theatre artivist raised in Nueva York. Her work centers and archives the stories, myths, and legends told by her family and the NY immigrant community. Her plays include Tonantzin On the 7 Train (Pen America), A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Succeed in the Myth-Making Business (Lehman College), How to Melt ICE (or How the Coyote fell in love with the Lizard Who Was Really a Butterfly) (New York Women’s Fund Grant, New Perspectives Theatre Company and Boundless Theater Company, Latin American Theater Award for Outstanding Playwriting), and In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too. She was recently named one of six Culture and Narrative Fellows for The Opportunity Agenda, where she will be working on her new solo show DREAMing and The City. Additionally, Amalia is proud to be an Inaugural The Lily’s Lorraine Hansberry Fellow and CUNY Mexican Studies Institute Lydia Mendoza Fellow. MFA Playwriting candidate at Columbia University.