Jennifer Ledesma (she/her) is a Mexican-American actor, singer, dancer, and musician. A Southern California native, she moved to Chicago to pursue her Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre at Columbia College Chicago, and has performed with theaters like Drury Lane Theatre, Porchlight Music Theatre, TheatreSquared, and New York City Children’s Theatre. In her activism work, Jennifer has worked with organizations like GSA Network, Orange County Human Relations, and The Joy-Jackson Initiative, which all seek to improve the livelihoods of marginalized communities such as immigrants/refugees, those who identify as LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC folks. After she graduated high school, she went on to represent Southern California as a youth organizer at the GSA Network National Conference in 2012. When she’s not performing, she works at Satiated Artists, an agency that connects artists with flexible day jobs, which is how she was connected to the incredible team at QCC.