“She is a sword bathed in flame, she’s a marvel.” – Junot Diaz
Josefina Baez (La Romana, Dominican Republic/New York) is a storyteller, artesana, performer, writer, theatre director, educator and devotee. Josefina is an alchemist of Performance Autology© (creative process based on the autobiography and wellness of the doer). In 1986, she founded the Ay Ombe Theatre Troupe, and she has written Dominicanish and Comrade, Bliss Ain’t Playing. Both are performance texts, and the former has been performed all over the world in the last decade.
“Josefina Baez has been breaking open hearts and reordering minds for more years than I care to count,” Junot Díaz said, according to a University of Arkansas article. She is a sword bathed in flame, she’s a marvel.”
Recently, she was listed in: Herstory: 10 Dominican Women To Celebrate During Women’s History Month
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