Mariana Tejeda is a Multidisciplinary Artist with two MFA degrees from the University of Iowa, one in Stage Management and one in Spanish Creative Writing. Mariana is a second-year candidate in the MFA in choreography.

In 2021, was awarded with the University of Iowa MFA Summer Fellowship to create The Laphin MirRoooar a poetry exhibition where she invited artist from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to reinterpret her poems.

Mariana has 20 years of experience working in theater and opera productions in Mexico and US and international touring.