PALOMA SIERRA is a writer-director who specializes in new works, comedies, musicals, and film.

Paloma first gained recognition with her award-winning short I AM SOIL BREAKING OFF, which screened at 15+ international festivals, won the inaugural ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest Grand Prize, and earned her an appointment as the first Emerging Poet Laureate of Allegheny County. She has produced musicals and operas with Olga Iglesias Project, Project Y Theatre Company, En Garde Arts, and White Snake Projects, garnering support from Berkeley Rep, Theatre Now New York, and the Dramatists Guild.

Known for championing emerging and established talents alike, Paloma has worked with esteemed playwrights like Roy Williams to develop new works, leading to sold-out, world premieres at venues like Jermyn Street Theatre, Kennedy Center, and Edinburgh Fringe. An alumna of the Fulbright Program, Fornés Playwriting Workshop, and NMI Musical Theatre Workshop, Paloma trained in Carnegie Mellon and LAMDA, where she studied under director Katie Mitchell, librettist Rob Handel, and dramaturg Megan Monaghan Rivas.

Paloma recently directed and developed BIOGRAPHY OF A CONSTELLATION (Orange Tree), THE DAISY CHAIN (Camden People’s, John Lyons, Tramshed), MEDUSA (Athens Conservatoire), and ADULTS (National Women's Theatre Festival). Other collaborations include THE LONELY LONDONERS (Jermyn Street Theatre), SPANGLISH SH!T (Baryshnikov Arts Center, Berkeley Rep), THE REVOLUTION OF EVELYN SERRANO (New Hazlett, Edinburgh Fringe), and THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), among others.

Envisioning a future where multicultural narratives are a celebrated norm, Paloma also writes stories that overcome language barriers to reflect the cosmopolitan societies we live in.

Hailing from Puerto Rico, Paloma is currently based in Virginia.