I have a story to tell.
Skye Cabrera is a bicultural Multidisciplinary artist. Her roots hail from
her AfroDominican father & Turkish/ Spaniard mother. She is a Harlem Born,Bronx raised artist that has been writing since as long as she can remember. From Myspace to journals,writing was perhaps the best medium to cope with her depression and ever changing environment at home and in the world. In 2009, for the first time, she started sharing her words and music on stage at the Mecca of Spoken Word in NYC, The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe. That particular night, a portal opened and she began to tour her city, sharing her story on every stage she could find for the next decade.
With no formal degree, Skye has been able to speak and reach audiences at Universities she has never been an Alumni of. She believes that writing has opened doors, that are otherwise designed for people with MFA’s.
Her mission is to prove that the Arts can move way past classism in Academia and connect people from all spaces.
Art is innate, and she shares it in whichever way it wishes to muse through her. Sometimes through creating music or film. Sometimes through acting, and almost always through spoken word poetry. In 2012 She was recognized by singer, Madonna for her spoken word film piece, “When a Woman Speaks.”
She published two books, “ Music for Caterpillars” & “Meet me at the Cube” both detailing the life and times of a Queer Youth in a NYC landscape.
Her brief stint at SAE Institute in NYC, and an Internship at the acclaimed Electric Lady Studios, demonstrated to her the more complex often difficult reality of what it might take to become a songwriter in a primarily male dominated industry.
Now residing in California,Today, Skye is working on several projects. When she is not hosting writing workshops for local artist collectives, she is auditioning for films or writing screen plays & songs.
Her work focuses on Radical Self acceptance,the QPOC experience,the old New York she knew and loved,and the love and importance of Her roots & immigrant ancestors through storytelling.
“Being yourself in a World, that encourages you not to be, is a direct form of Activism.'“- Skye Cabrera
From the Bronx, to the rest of the World. I am a Storyteller. Truth teller.
