Kalima, Dara

As a child, there was nothing Dara hated more than writing, but at the age of nine she was introduced to poetry and that hatred quickly became love. At 16, she started to acknowledge and honor her artistic inclinations. She became a founding member of the Creative Arts Team Youth Theatre and simultaneously started writing poetry on a monthly basis. She attended SUNY Purchase were she obtained her BA in Literature with a concentration in Drama Studies. She later pursued her MA in Educational Theater from NYU. Dara's theatrical career has included the roles of actor, stage manager, and director