PALOMA SIERRA is a Puerto Rican writer, director, and dramaturg.

Envisioning a future where multicultural narratives are a celebrated norm, Paloma explores how stories can overcome language barriers to reflect the diverse, cosmopolitan societies we live in.

Her writer-director debut short film, I Am Soil Breaking Off, earned the Grand Prize at the ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Festival, and screened at over 15 international festivals. Her work has also been recognized with numerous fellowships, including an Emerging Poet Laureateship, a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant, and a Directing Residency in Brazil through the Turing Scheme.

Beyond writing and directing, Paloma’s dramaturgical expertise has helped develop new plays, musicals, and operas with Baryshnikov Arts Center, Berkeley Rep, and the Edinburgh Fringe, among others. Recent work includes: Roy Williams’ The Lonely Londoners (Jermyn Street Theatre), Johanny Navarro’s La batalla de los clásicos (Olga Iglesias Project), Samora la Perdida’s Spanglish Sh!t (Baryshnikov Arts Center), and Cola’o: A Bilingual Trova (Theatre Now New York), among others.

Paloma holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon, and an MA in Directing from LAMDA. She is also an alumn of the Fornés Playwriting Workshop, Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, and NMI Musical Bookwriting Workshop; and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

She is based in London and New York.