Monica Rivera

Monica Marie Rivera is an actress, dancer, and model from Ceiba, Puerto Rico. She graduated with a B.A. in Communications and Emerging Media from Valdosta State University and then continued to receive various technical certifications in Cybersecurity, IT, and data analytics. When she's not on the runway or on set, she can be found working for her own consulting and design business that she started in 2020. Monica's passion for performance began at a very early age while living in Puerto Rico. Being raised on a military base she started taking dancing classes through the YAC (Youth Activities Center) where she learned and performed traditional bomba, ballet, and tap dance. Later in high school, she then cultivated these skills further by joining the drama club where she took lead in several plays and performed in an award-winning pantomime at the Florida State Thespian Festival in 2012. During this time she also studied coding and wrote various programs in languages like Python, C+, a