Draft:Luisa Colón
Author, illustrator, non-profit founder
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Luisa Colón is a Latina,[1] American-born author, journalist, illustrator, actor, and nonprofit founder. She appeared in the 2006 film Day Night Day Night as Luisa Williams.[2]
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Colón is the daughter of stateside Puerto Rican comics artist, Ernie Colón.[3]
Early life
Colón was born in New York City.[4]
Career
Colón first published work appeared in New York Magazine the early 2000s.[5] She has also written for outlets including The New York Times,[6] Vulture,[7] and McSweeney's.[8]
Colón played the lead role in the 2006 film Day Night Day Night using the screen name Luisa Williams.[9][10]
For her role in Day Night Day Night, Colón was nominated for a Gotham Award (Breakthrough Actor) and a Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award (Best Newcomer).[11]
In 2007, she appeared in Anna, a short film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, which was part of Chacun Son Cinéma,[12] an anthology by 35 film directors commissioned by the Cannes Film Festival to celebrate its sixty year anniversary.[13]
Colón is the author of the horror novels Bad Moon Rising,[14] published by Cemetery Dance Publications in 2023, and The Burning Class, published by Cemetery Dance Publications in 2025.[15]
Colón's illustrations appeared in the Fall 2023 issue of Creem magazine.[16]
In 2025, Colón founded the non-profit organization I, COMIC, an initiative with the mission of fostering literacy and art engagement with incarcerated individuals.[17][18]