In episode 50 of the pod, Ashley chats with Mariana Cardenas.  A Colombian actress, TV host, dancer, and Bilingual Interpreter. She started in dance and studied at Fordham University and at Alvin Ailey. For five seasons, she danced her way into the hearts of many with Jennifer Muller/The Works and has performed with the New York City Opera and was a member of Steps Repertory Ensemble. We talk about her extensive dance career and her shift to acting which has turned out to be very fulfilling.  She won Best Supporting Actress for the Feature Film "Unspoken" at the New York Long Island Film Festival and Prison City Film Festival.

She won Best Supporting Actress for the Feature Film "Unspoken" at the New York Long Island Film Festival and Prison City Film Festival.  She has taken her love of Spanish and turned it into a career as a Spanish Interpreter since 2015. She mainly works with Legal Depositions taking place in Court Reporting offices all over NY and they normally involve Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Cases, and Medical Malpractice.  Furthermore showing that survival gigs come in all forms.   Favorite theatre credits: The Church of Why Not and You Are Now the Owner of This Suitcase (Theatre 167); The International Local Trail (This Is Not A Theatre Company); sTRAINgers (Queens Theatre in the Park), Salsa Gorda The Play, and Romantic Fools. Film: B!tch, The X Job, The Decades of Mason Carroll, On The Arm, Zero One, and New York Masali. Fictional Film’s first feature, UNSPOKEN, where Mariana had a leading role, has begun its journey on the film festival circuit. Television: “Tell It Like It Is” (Co-Host), “My Jam TV” (VJ), “Sabado Gigante Internacional” (Univision), “Sober,” “The Perfect Murder” and “Scorned: Love Kills” (Discovery ID). 

Mariana had the immense pleasure of Co-Hosting a TV Game Show with Pat Neely entitled, “Save To Win,” which aired nationally on THE CW. Recently she made her SYFY Network debut on “HAPPY!” season two, episodes 9 and 10 (currently running on Netflix), in a recurring role. Her latest co-star is on the STARZ show “Power” where she had the privilege of working with the extraordinary, Mario Van Peebles (Dir.). Make sure to catch her in episode 14 of its final season. 

Check out her podcast "Are These Books Drunk?"

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-these-books-drunk/id1525791927 

https://www.marianacardenas.com/