Lupe Gehrenbeck is an awarded playwright, director, actress and writer. Her work has been produced and performed in theaters across Latin America, Europe, and the United States. She’s part of the Director’s Unit (Estelle Parsons) and the Playwrights Directos Workshop at the Actors Studio. Lupe has recently developed a theater workshop for migrant children who arrive to Chiapas (Mexico) from Central America. The workshop is organized with the support of UNESCO, UN, and migration specialists working in Tapachula (south border of Mexico). The main goal of the workshop is to use theater methodology to empower and promote resilience in this vulnerable population.