Priya Marita Diaz (she/they) is a performing artist, vocalist, guitarist, visual & craft artist, poet, composer, and yoga & meditation teacher living the dream on Beacon Hill in Seattle. Priya grew up from the age of 11 performing in musical theater and improv in the Bay Area in California. Priya loves nothing more than creating community and joy through the arts.
As a bi-racial multi-cultural Chicanx artist, Priya sings in English, Spanish & Sanskrit/Hindi, was raised at an Ashtanga Yoga Center, and has traveled to and studied music and spirituality in Nepal & India. After moving to Seattle in 2009, Priya ran a non-profit South Asian music institute for 13 years. Priya has a Master’s Degree in Education and a Bachelor’s in a major she designed called “Power & Culture in Social Movements.”
Priya is involved in multiple arts and activism circles in her community, including Beacon Artist Guild, BIIPOC STAHC, and Beacon Food Forest. Priya envisions a resilient community connected through the power of the arts as a medium to discover our authentic selves.
