Writer, Attorney,
and New Mexico Film Advocate.
Marcella Alvarez is a writer and attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico who works in screenwriting, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. Proudly Latina and deeply rooted in her New Mexican identity, her work is shaped by the landscape, culture, and people of the Southwest.
She earned a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Russian Language from Colorado College, lived in Moscow, Russia and Belgrade, Serbia for several years working in international conflict resolution, co-founded the English-Serbian writer's collective “Od Usta Do Usta” (“From Mouth to Mouth”), and facilitated actor trainings with Organizacija Glumačkih Radionica (“Organization of Actor's Workshops”) to bring US acting trainers to the Balkans, and later completed a J.D. at Northeastern University.
Her nonfiction appears in multiple publications and her fiction has been published in several journals nationwide. Deeply involved in and passionate about New Mexico’s film community, she actively supports film development in her home state.
In addition to practicing law, she helps on her family’s organic farm in Albuquerque’s North Valley.
