Born in NYC, raised in the South, Tanya Perez is a Latinx, performer, writer & filmmaker specializing in short-form comedy. Her comedy short PEEP SHOW was a finalist at the ‘Women in Comedy HBO Insider Competition.’ With over 22 screenings globally, her film VERONICA swept festival awards for ‘Best Actress,’ ‘Best Screenplay,’ and ‘Best Latinx Short’. Perez also received an ‘Audioverse Award’ nomination for her audioplay, RINCON. She is a featured writer on the upcoming audio narrative THE LIGHT AHEAD produced by Naomi McDougal Jones, and is a member of Latinx Playwrights Circle & Brown Girls Doc Mafia. Today, Tanya shares with us stories from her early stint as a militant ballerina, to attempting Dirty Dancing for an unappreciative crowd, to clowning at a Shoney's for beer money.