Mara De La Rosa is an award winning queer-POC writer, producer of films, podcasts and live show--and occasionally an actor. Her latest role involved working as associate producer for the Ambies award nominated show Navigating Narcissism at Red Table Talk Podcasts and iHeart Media. Previously, she was the co-creator and co-host of the podcast Dealing. 

 

Most recently, Mara wrote, starred and produced her latest short, Queerfully Departed, which raised over $20,000 through a fundraising campaign. Her sketches have been featured on WhoHaha, Marías at Sampaguitas, VoyageLA and Comedy Network Live!  She is the co-creator of the queer web series BAES Welcome, and her short films include I Don’t Love You and BASTARD (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival), and her one-minute films The Outbreak and I Like Femme Lesbians were Audience Award Winners at Outfest FUSION.

 

As the co-founder of Becky and Baldwin, she produces films and plays, including Other Plays and Real Love. In 2017, she co-founded Queenfest LA, an annual International Women’s Day variety show benefiting organizations supporting women throughout Los Angeles. She was a Film Independent Incubator Lab Fellow and Outfest Outset Fellow. She has been a student and recipient of scholarships at The Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade theaters. She co-wrote the sketch, Real Kumares of Eagle Rock, which was featured on Filipino AF at UCB.