Esther is a bilingual Honduran playwright, screenwriter, actor, producer, and translator whose work exists to uplift the authentic experiences of U.S. immigrants and women, including her own. Recently, her play “LatiNext” was named a semi-finalist for the 30th annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival. She’s part of the Playground LA writers pool with various plays selected as “Best of”. Esther is an MFA Playwriting and screenwriting graduate of the University of California, Riverside, where she was a Gluck Fellow for the arts. She works for the social-justice-focused Black Voice News as a writer and podcast content coordinator. She is a founding board member of the World Builders Incubator as well as a writer developing a solutions-based TV pilot set in the future, imagining a world post a successful immigration reform. She recently translated subtitles for the Emmy-winning documentary “Eat Your Catfish” and offers her varied expertise as a core member of Distinctive Voices LLC.