Linda Nieves-Powell
Writer · Director · Producer
A Puerto Rican multimedia storyteller, Linda Nieves-Powell has spent nearly three decades creating culturally specific, character-driven narratives that center Latina identity. Her work spans theater, film, digital media, and the page, from off-Broadway stages to college campuses nationwide, from a Sundance Screenwriting Lab semi-finalist selection to a Simon & Schuster publication. Her Imagen Award-winning stage work Yo Soy Latina! has been produced at more than 400 colleges across the country and off-Broadway. She is currently adapting her novel Freestyle to television.
Short Films
- Mimi’s Portrait
- Vinnie the Puerto Rican from Bensonhurst
- Stereotypically Me
- Update (in development)
Web Series
- Happy Cancer Chick
In Development
Past Work
- Yo Soy Latina! — Imagen Award-winning stage work, produced at more than 400 colleges and off-Broadway
- The Fly Ass Puerto Rican Girl from the Stapleton Projects — in Staten Island Noir
- Freestyle — novel (Atria Books / Simon & Schuster)
- Nueva Latina Monologues