CINDY DE LA CRUZ is a Bronx bred first generation Dominican American Artist and Producer. She is Co-Artistic Director of The Dominican Artists Collective, where she curates and executive produces work by Dominican artists. She’s most interested in telling stories that raise the visibility of Black Latinxs and dismantles the anti-black rhetoric in the Latinx community. Most recently she was a top 12 finalist for the Nosotros Organization Ya Tu Sabes Monologue Slam presented by NBC. Recent credits include: Off Broadway: The Siblings Play (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); The Niceties (Geva Theatre); DreamHou$e (ArsNova); Storm Still (Sheen Center); Our Town (Olney Theater Center); Hop ThA A (Drama League/ Asolo Repertory Theatre); Stupid Fucking Bird (Arden Theater & Urbanite Theatre); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (American Stage); Dearly Departed (WestCoast Black Theatre Troupe). TV: “The Village” (NBC); “Blue Bloods” (CBS). Film: Kilroy Was Here (Dir. Kevin Smith); What Doesn’t Float (Dir. Luca Balser/Gummy Films). www.Cindy-DeLaCruz.com Pa’ La Cultura.