Myra Kathiria Rosa (mr.) is an Afro-Puerto Rican native of New York City, a global citizen, an autodidactic multimedia creative, cultural worker, and auteur. She engages in transdisciplinary research and social justice activism, encompassing writing, photography, painting, and filmmaking. Growing up in the South Bronx amidst systemic challenges, she found solace and direction through literature and the arts. Myra Kathiria’s passion for filmmaking was sparked at 11 after she encountered ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ (1993) and was captivated by Tim Burton’s distinctive and eccentric visual style. At 14, she began documenting life in NYC using Kodak film cameras, an endeavor that has since grown into an extensive archive comprising thousands of photographs and moving images. Parallel to this visual practice, she has been writing prose for nearly 15 years, cultivating a deep engagement with storytelling as a means of exploration and expression. Myra Kathiria’s proficiency in autoethnographic storytelling emerged in 2020 during a prestigious two-year fellowship with the Mellon Foundation. Her meditative praxis delves into existentialism and the intricacies of the Black radical imagination. She has self-published a bilingual collection of poetic musings, interrogating her connection to the universe. Her artistic offerings comprise an intentionally curated collection that embodies her life experiences and creative process. Her work examines the role of love in fostering a safer world. Myra Kathiria’s debut short avant-garde film, ‘Pura Sangre’ (2025) was a component of her Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from New York University. She will continue filmmaking training at the New York Film Academy this fall.