Sara Sotelo is a first year MA candidate in the Theater, Dance and Performance Studies Department. Sara has been a dramaturg for about 4 years working on productions such as classics like Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephans and new works such as Smoked Out: Watching Them Scrape Our Homes Away by Carl Erez and Unibeauty and Her Wicked Daughters by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig and LAUNCH PAD's Preview Production of Strange Birds by E. M. Lewis. She received her BA in History and her BA in Education from the University of Santa Cruz in 2023 (Go Slugs!). While there she worked with many incredible artists who drove her love of theater to new heights and ultimately helped her get here. A Los Angeles county native, her community is what she strives to make proud and continue to help in her own unique way.