Biography

Mary Cecilia fostered her love for the magic of storytelling growing up on the island of Barbados, its vibrant culture underlining everything she creates. Originally moving to New York City to obtain her BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch, she is now securing her MFA in Film from Columbia University. She is a proud alumnus of Columbia's Kurt P. Tauber Scholarship, the Bobby Kashif Cox Memorial Screenwriting Scholarship, the Foreign Hollywood Press Association Scholarship, the Diverso Fellowship, and the London-based Royal Court’s Caribbean Writing for Performance Fellowship. An actress turned producer turned writer-director, Mary Cecilia thrives wh...Read More