Krystell Susana Santiago Estrella

Krystell Susana Santiago Estrella
  • Date of birth: 2002
  • Profession: Director, Actress, Writer
Krystell Susana Santiago Estrella is a 23 year-old Puerto Rican and Dominican singer, award-winning director, multi-instrumentalist, content creator, actress, scientist, and researcher who is best known for her directorial debut and critically-acclaimed short film, Pasado Meridiano (A Todo Color) (2022). She started gaining national attention in Puerto Rico when she was interviewed by Noticentro Edición Estelar from WAPA TV on 2021. She's a graduate of Columbia University in the City of New York.

A rising artist of the new generation, Krystell experiments with a variety of musical and film genres which has allowed her to create and to be a unique voice within the artistic industry. Both an artist and a scholar, she hopes to inspire the next generation of creative thinkers to pursue and achieve all of their passions and dreams, no matter how different they are.

She has been featured in "Despierta con CDN" (2024), "El Plato del Día" (2024), "Al Límite con Rafaelina Bisonó" (2024), "El Caribe" (2024), "TRA Noticias" (2024), and "El Show del Mediodia" (2024). She's led research talks and presentations in Columbia University, Harvard University, Brown University, Princeton University, and MIT.

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