Isabella "Isa" Marie Garcia is an independent arts professional, writer, and photographer living in her native swampland of Miami, Florida. For the past six years, Garcia has worked with local and national arts-based organizations such as Burnaway, Ten North Group, LnS Gallery, and UNTITLED, Art. Garcia is a 2023 Locust Projects Wavemaker Research and Implementation Grant Recipient for her photo-based project titled What Happens When the Dust Settles? She participated in School of the Alternative (2023), an alternative arts residency in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and currently works as an O, Miami 2023-2024 Sunroom Teaching Artist. Garcia graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English from Florida International University in 2019. More information on her work can be found at isamxrie.com and anywhere through @isamxrie.