MEET CANDY SANTANA
Candy Santana is a New York native and first-generation immigrant born to Dominican parents. She has her bachelor’s degree in Economics, a master’s degree in Public Administration, and she became a Juris Doctorate in 2016.
She started her acting career in 2015 and has been making appearances on both the big and small screens ever since. Some of her favorite credits include Road House, Hotel Cocaine, Blue Bloods, and Blowback.
Candy just finished producing, and starring in Metamorphosis, the first project of her new production company, Ánima Azul Productions, in association with La Calenda Films. Metamorphosis has been nominated for Best Drama at the Cannes Short Film festival and won the Apple Award at the Dominican Film Festival in New York.
Additionally, Candy is a published author, having released The Manifestor’s Journey in 2017, which became an instant Amazon Bestseller. After the success of her book, she created a podcast by the same name, which has been listened to around the world.
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PIX 11 INTERVIEW
What to see at the Dominican Film Festival in NYC: Producer Julia Carias-Linares, comedian KiKi Melendez and actress Candy Santana joined New York Living on Monday to talk about what attendees can expect. Watch the video below!
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