Paloma Valenzuela

http://www.gringalocaproductions.com/

Paloma Valenzuela is a Dominican-American writer, director and actress originally from the city of Boston. She is the creative director of the production operation La Gringa Loca Productions based in Boston and the Dominican Republic.

She is the writer/producer/creator of the comedic web series "The Pineapple Diaries” which is now in its Third Season. In 2017 the show was featured in the Latina Magazine's "5 Web Series Every Latinx Needs to Watch Right Now". In 2019 Paloma was featured in Boston Magazine's "Boston's New Creative Guard" and selected as one of the WBUR The Artery 25, a series highlighting millennials of color making an impact in the Boston arts scene.

Paloma has collaborated  with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as a 2018-2019 Neighborhood Salon Luminary and co-hosted a Neighborhood Night in July 2019 entitled “Viewfinder”. She works as a teaching artist at GrubStreet in Boston teaching classes in Dramatic Writing and Screenwriting.

Visit the Youth Artist Project she led during her residency at Urbano.