Desiree Marisol Carcamo is a...
DIRECTOR - ACTOR - WRITER - PRODUCER
contact at DesireeMarisolCarcamo@gmail. com
Desiree Marisol Carcamo (they/them) is a very superstitious Mexican-Salvadoran-American Gen Z writer, director, actor, and scientist. They grew up in a haunted house that was once owned by devil worshippers in South Central LA and survived being a closeted queer kid at a toxic, conservative, religious high school.
Their early film and theater career has been developed through:
• the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge (director, 2022)
• the Disney-NHMC Series Writer program (writer, 2021)
• winning NBCUniversal and Nosotros' Ya Tu Sabes! Monolog Slam (writer, 2020)
• their debut play EL PASO at the Zephyr Theater as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival (co-creator, writer-director, 2023)
• winning Open Screenplay's and M Film's Lab's Latinx Lab (writer, 2022)
• Kimberly Bautista's Justice for My Sister (2022-Present)
• developing their sophomore full length play MANUELA'S HOME at the Teatro Frida Kahlo's 10 Minute Play Festival (writer-director, 2026)
• the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge (director, 2022)
• the Disney-NHMC Series Writer program (writer, 2021)
• winning NBCUniversal and Nosotros' Ya Tu Sabes! Monolog Slam (writer, 2020)
• their debut play EL PASO at the Zephyr Theater as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival (co-creator, writer-director, 2023)
• winning Open Screenplay's and M Film's Lab's Latinx Lab (writer, 2022)
• Kimberly Bautista's Justice for My Sister (2022-Present)
• developing their sophomore full length play MANUELA'S HOME at the Teatro Frida Kahlo's 10 Minute Play Festival (writer-director, 2026)
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Career Highlights Include:
• Civil Rights Icon, Dolores Huerta, presenting Desiree and other filmmakers a certificate of recognition from the city of Los Angeles for their directorial and producing work at the 2nd Annual Justice for My Sister Film Festival (2025)
• Playing a supporting acting role in the Melissa Fisher's trans-immigration Oscars©-eligible short BUSCANDO ALMA which has screened at the SAG-AFTRA EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE (2025)
• Desiree's award winning script, now short film directed by Maggy Torres-Rodriguez, HONEY BEE, having its world premiere at the Oscars©-qualifying Los Angeles Shorts International Film Festival (2025)
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What stories does Desiree like to tell?
Desiree is a self-taught Latine director, writer, producer, & actor for screen and stage
specialty: using humor as an entry for happy-sad stories about real life with elements of surrealism & magical realism // emotionally in-tune storytelling // complex family stories // complex, queer BIPoC femmes & delicate relationships // creating safe & open spaces for collaboration
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