Ria Meer (she/they) is a first-generation Filipino-American actor, visual artist and storyteller based in Brooklyn. A true multidisciplinarian, Ria has worked in sex worker advocacy, graphic design, cultural archival and social justice spaces. Ria’s creative work concentrates around the pursuit of healing from and inside the grip of capitalism via kinship connection. Ria trained as an actor at the William Esper Studio and American Conservatory Theater and graduated with a degree in Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Ria has performed in various theater productions in the San Francisco Bay Area, and most recently, completed work on an upcoming web series, An Astute Woman, directed by Marc Theobald.