Brisa Areli Muñoz (she / they) is a Chicane theater director, healing practitioner, and cultural worker. She is the Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, a developmental theater organization that develops change-making new musicals in a joyous, collaborative community for collective liberation. Brisa served as the Artist Lead for One Nation/One Project’s national campaign entitled “Arts for Everybody” in partnership with the city of Edinburg, Texas. ONOP is a national arts and wellness initiative designed to activate the power of the arts to repair the social fabric of our nation and heal our communities. She was the inaugural Artistic Director of New York City’s first-ever All-Inclusive All-City Theater Ensemble, an NYC Department of Education citywide theater company that creates original musicals with teens of all abilities. Brisa has also served as Manager of Community Partnerships for The Public Theater’s Public Works program, a major initiative that invites community members to take classes, attend performances and join in the creation of ambitious works of participatory theater. Muñoz has directed & facilitated work on Broadway, across the world, and in communities in partnership with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Repertory Theater, Center Theatre Group, The Kennedy Center, The Public Theater, Carnegie Hall, REDCAT Cal Arts Theater, Arts Emerson, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, BRIC Arts Media, Sojourn Theatre, ¡Oye! Group, CUNY Creative Arts Team, Hi-ARTS, CO/LAB, and Actionplay.