Inés was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican father and Dominican mother, and when she was four months old they moved to New York City. Growing up, she was usually on a bike, swinging from a tree, or in gymnastics competitions.

 

At NYU Tisch her theater training focused on devised theater. The interdisciplinary approach taught there developed her ability to draw from her multicultural background, her athleticism, and her bookishness in her creative pursuits, and in how she thinks about everything: she is in her natural element playing with the boundaries of mainstream identities and culture.

 

When she’s not doing all that, she’s probably reading something with magic involved or taking care of plants with her child. Incidentally, Inés can run a 5k on her hands backwards—but don’t ask her to prove it.