About Me

Carmen is a Mexican-Japanese actress and dramaturg from San Francisco, California. She graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at the Meisner Studio and the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. She studied abroad in Berlin through NYU’s partnership with the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she participated in the “Stanislavsky, Brecht, and Beyond” Program. She was presented with the Outstanding Achievement in Studio Award from the Meisner Studio.

Carmen is now a member of INTAR Theater’s UNIT52 ensemble, and made her off-Broadway debut in Todas las Mariposas Negras Mueren en el Mar at IATI Theater (Best Ensemble of a Play, Premios Talía 2026). Her film credits include They’re Here For You (dir. Justin Wang, NYSFF Official Selection 2026), Dissonance (dir. Kalani Angel), and Not Around My Daughter (dir. Julia Hayden Fung).

Carmen dreams of working closely with directors and playwrights to originate new works, and wants to be a steward of productions in development. She believes in theater’s power in advocacy and activism, and leads with hope at the core of her craft.