ROCIO MENDEZ IS AN AWARD WINNING ACTOR, FIGHT AND INTIMACY DIRECTOR AND A PROUD NEW YORKER COMMITTED TO BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN BROWN AND BLACK GIRLS THROUGH STORYTELLING.
ROCIO HAS DONE MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT FILMS SHOWCASING THEIR TALENTS IN MARTIAL ARTS AND COMEDY. ROCIO HAS WORKED ON AND OFF-BROADWAY WITH A RANGE OF THEATERS INCLUDING THE SHUBERT THEATER, THE METROPOLITAN OPERA,THE PUBLIC THEATER, ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER AND CLASSICAL THEATER OF HARLEM, AMONG THE MANY.
ROCIO HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR MULTIPLE AWARDS FOR THEIR WORK IN FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY AND MOVEMENT. ROCIO IS A TEAM MEMBER OF UNKLE DAVE’S FIGHT HOUSE - A COLLECTIVE OF FIGHT/INTIMACY/MOVEMENT DIRECTORS SERVING THEATER, FILM AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
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