(Helena, River Bride) is an actor, writer, and theater educator born and raised in the Washington, DC area. As an actor, she has performed at The Lincoln Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, The John F. Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, 1st Stage, and GALA Hispanic Theatre, among others. As a theater educator, she has built programs and workshops guiding young artists in creating and producing their work. Alina creates theatre extensively with students from ESOL classes and backgrounds. She is currently an Artist in Residence at University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center to develop her one-woman show, No Salgas Con El Pelo Mojado. Alina holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, from Virginia Commonwealth University.