WEST COAST

Los Angeles- Paloma was named one of the Geffen Playhouse’s 2023/2024 Writers’ Room Residents. Click here to read the press release.

Los Angeles- Paloma’s film Each Lovely Thing was selected to screen at the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences with the New Filmmakers LA Latinx Cinema Showcase 2023. Click here to read more.

MIDWEST

Chicago- Paloma was nominated for “Best New Work” at the Equity Jeff Awards in Chicago for Enough to Let the Light In. Click here to see the full list of nominees.

EAST COAST

Shepherdstown, West Virginia- Enough to Let the Light In was selected as part of the Contemporary American Theatre Festival’s “Fall Reading Series” in 2023.

ABOUT

Directing credits include Each Lovely Thing (official selection at the Austin Film Festival, Cleveland International; “Best Short” winner at LA Femme and Lady Filmmakers LA; currently showing in festivals).

Screenwriting credits include Enough to Let the Light In (feature), Horns (feature), Each Lovely Thing (short), HUGE (short), Sam Kelly (short).

Television acting credits include The Irrational (NBC), The Red Line (CBS); Proven Innocent, Empire (FOX); Chicago Med, Chicago PD (NBC); The Secret Santa (TLC); Underemployed (MTV).

Paloma has voiced radio and TV campaigns for Toyota, Aldi, Kmart, Ford, and The Room Place.

She’s had the pleasure of working at many notable theaters, including Geffen Playhouse, Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens, and Steppenwolf Theatre.

She is also a company member of Chicago’s Jackalope Theatre Company.

ARTISTIC STATEMENT

“I am committed to telling femme-forward stories and promoting the equality of historically marginalized groups, specifically Latinas. I once read that writers tend to ask the same questions over and over in their work, and that all of their characters attempt to answer those questions in different ways. My work generally asks questions about motherhood, existentialism, death, and how women process their grief and anger. My characters answer those questions in the strangest ways possible.

I am uninterested in exploiting Latine cultural trauma in order to appease people searching for "diverse stories" (read: timeworn stories about immigration, drug cartels, etc). Please don’t hit me up for that or expect that from me. I’m not that girl.

I believe in diversity in stories and genre as much as I believe in diversity in culture, race, and ethnicity. All types of people telling all kinds of stories and sharing all kinds of experiences is the only way to keep entertainment inclusive and fresh.”