This week, Chris speaks to Gabriela Ortega, an award-winning writer, director, and actress born and raised in the Dominican Republic. 

Gabriela was selected as one of the 2021 Rising Voices fellows, a program created in partnership with Lena Waithe's Hillman Grad Productions and Indeed. The companies produced Gabriela's short film HUELLA which will screen at the 2022 Sundance film festival and turn into a feature film. 

Ortega, who is a graduate of the University of Southern California, a 2021-2022 Sundance Institute "Art of Practice" fellow and is currently based in Los Angeles.