Alyssa Villegas
About
Alyssa was born and raised in Uptown, Chicago. She worked as a community organizer in Humboldt Park, the historically Puerto Rican community in Chicago. For three years, she was a collective member for Batey Urbano, a former youth space aimed at providing artistic means of expression for at risk youth, focusing on spoken word, creative writing, and film. Alyssa worked as a program coordinator, mentor, and teacher at two community high schools, where she assisted Black and Latinx students’ transitions into post-secondary education.
Alyssa has worked on the production team of various television shows and short films across the United States, including the Emmy Nominated show BROWN GIRLS. She holds an MFA degree in film producing from the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.
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With the help of her riotous best friend, a misunderstood teen from Harlem uses her newfound talent for dancing on the subway to save her family from a looming eviction while also navigating young womanhood.
No Half Steppin'
When Malik’s single mother confiscates the speaker he uses to dance on the subway, he reinvents himself as the “man of the house” to earn her respect. As he fights a looming eviction from their South Bronx home, the call of his passion for dancing becomes too strong to ignore.