Adriana Domínguez (she/ella) is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at UT-El Paso and focuses on excluded and underrepresented groups in the performing arts.Recent projects include: Heroes & Saints, Zoot Suit, And Then Came Tango, Real Women Have Curves, Luna, El Toro y La Nina, Lengua, and Cenicienta which received the Directors’ Choice Award at the Region VI Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in 2022. Adriana’s adaptation, A Christmas Carol en La Frontera with co-author Jay Stratton, was accepted for publication by Eldridge Musicals and Plays. Adriana serves as chair for the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Scholarship committees for the Department of Theatre and Dance at UTEP, was appointed a Provost’s Faculty Fellow for 2022-2023, and was named Educator of the Year for Higher Education by the Texas Educational Theatre Association in 2020. Adriana is honored to live in El Paso, a vibrant community that knows no borders.