Bushwick Comedian Milly Tamarez raises the voices of performers of color and herself by creating the spaces no one else will. Having grown up in Hollywood, Florida, she originally had plans to become a lawyer, but quickly shifted gears after working for Americorps, where she discovered what she really wanted to do, “I realized that working in nonprofits and teaching preschool was not for me, so I started to think about what I did want to do. I applied for the diversity scholarship at UCB and would come in on weekends and PA [Production Assistant] on shoots in the Bronx.”