Gigi Mascareñas, a queer second-generation Filipinx, is a visual and performance-based storyteller currently residing on the ancestral land of the Piscataway and Nacotchtank peoples (also known as Washington, DC).
Gigi loves to connect with others through feeling; physical and emotional colors and textures allow them to breathe. Visual and performance-based storytelling is the medium they feel most free to play with; from painting and design to acting and stand-up comedy. Their art and stories are rooted in mental health, queerness, being born of immigrant parents, and deeper healing. They are currently creating-existing through the lens of love, playfulness, and (un)learning and (re)discovery.
Currently an independent designer, they seek to collaborate with individuals and organizations that also value storytelling as a way to give back to, and build, communities. Gigi's intention is to use their skill sets to support the stories, voices, and experiences of marginalized people. They recognize the importance and need of these stories in order to stretch our collective consciousness, build more compassion, and lean into the colorful richness and expansive space that is joy and hardship.
Gigi has 2-3 books on their nightstand at all times, loves collecting art prints and stationery directly from queer, BIPOC, and disabled artists, and thoroughly enjoys their fully-embodied laughs.
For a sneak peek at some of their performance-based storytelling, check out this podcast collaboration with Chetna Mehta for the Creation for Liberation Podcast (listen to the full episode on "Intuition is an Embodied Collaboration" here).
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