East Coast Born and Raised. Globally Influenced.

Born in Hartford, CT to parents of Puerto Rican descent, Katya received her Bachelor’s of Arts in Theater Arts and a minor in business administration from Salve Regina University and  holds a Master’s in Fine Arts in Acting from The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. She also completed a one year conservatory program at the Barrow Group school and participated in the Labyrinth Theater Company’s Summer Intensive (2018). Katya also studied improv comedy at Magnet Theater Company.

Katya enjoys craft projects, hiking, dancing, yoga, and anything that makes her body move. Katya has traveled to Greece, England, France, and Spain for both pleasure and work, and recently spent her honeymoon in Peru. She and her husband are looking to travel to Egypt, as they are both lovers of history, art, culture, and of course, food.

Katya is an Aries Sun, Leo Moon, Capricorn rising, with both mercury and venus in Pisces, and her Mars in Gemini. Do what you will with that information.

Lastly, curly-haired Katya loves a good massage and facial, but doesn’t wear make up on a regular day. Which this print still for Kretschmar Deli feels right on the nose of who Katya is at her core.