Sisa Quispe is a Quechua Aymara writer, director, producer, and host based in New York City. As an indigenous woman, her work largely seeks to inspire the preservation of native ways while sharing a decolonizing message.

“Urpi: Her Last Wish,” which Quispe wrote, produced, and directed, explores the complexity of the Indigenous identity. It was filmed in the Sacred Valley of the Incas with the collaboration of Indigenous Quechua communities in front and behind the camera.

Her popular TEDx talk, “Re-thinking Who We Are Through A Decolonizing Lense,” shares her own decolonization journey. As host of the Instagram series “Native Voices,” Quispe interviewed Indigenous people from throughout Abya Yala/Turtle Island. She also produced “Vive el Quechua” (“Living Quechua”), an episodic YouTube series preserving and sharing her Indigenous language and culture.

Sisa hopes to bring more representation of indigenous perspectives to the screen and hopes to continue cultivating a path for indigenous youth to also develop their own voices.