Allison Maria Rodriguez is a Cuban-American multi-media artist, filmmaker, and writer. In fall 2009 she will complete the MFA program at Tufts University/SMFA. She holds a B.A. in Language, Literature and Culture from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, OH, obtained also through study at Oxford University in England and Kyoto Seika University in Japan. She has recently received a Princess Grace Award nomination and a Dean's Award for her upcoming 16mm experimental narrative film "In Between," the Best Actress Award at the Sundeis Film Festival for her performance in "The Pose," a Bartlett National Travel Grant and a Tufts Active Citizenship Grant. Her work has recently been exhibited in the Boston area at The Museum of Fine Arts, Axiom Gallery for New and Experimental Media, New England Gallery for Latin American Artists, OKW Gallery, and GASP Gallery.