Winner, The Coletta Preacely-Garcia Diversity Fellowship 2024
BIO
MARISA MARTINEZ-MARQUEZ is a proud Filipina American. Playwright turned screenwriter, her focus on the complications of being Asian while American earned her multiple grants, publications, and honors, including being named 100 Most Influential Filipino Women. In addition to playwriting, this seventeen-year survivor of New York City made a living as a corporate events manager for a global law firm before opening her own events business. Marquez turned to fulfilling her dream of shifting into TV and film while living in London and received a grant to attend MetFilm School.
Emmy-nominated executive producer Francie Calfo chose her for an Unlock Her Potential Mentorship in 2022. She was a 2023 Black List and Women in Film Episodic Lab semifinalist with her pilot THIRST. Work continues with a London team on her series MIND THE GAP, a top 13% of BBC Comedy Writers Room scripts in 2020. Marquez co-hosts the Paranormal POC Podcast, covering everything from supernatural to extraterrestrial through the BIPOC diaspora. She now splits her time between Los Angeles and the PNW Portland. Marquez, often the only person of color in creative spaces growing up, is driven by diversity in storytelling, ensuring future generations see their worth matched on the page, stage, and screen.