Lorena Santana was born in México and raised in the United States. She is a multidisciplinary artist [performer, writer, director] and currently working on a full length play and a middle-grade novel set on the México/United States border.

She teaches poetry for California Poets in the Schools, is a Teaching Artist with La Jolla Playhouse and AECSD.

Original Plays: Un Grano de Maíz • Francine's Dream for Intrepid Theatre's Refugee Art Project • Our Children / Nuestros Hijos, featured at The Old Globe’s New Voices Festival

Director: Barefoot in Baja (multi-media) • Un Grano de Maiz • Francine's Dream • #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence • La Lucha (Assistant Director to David Reynoso)