In Patty‘s shoes: Get Familiar With Patty Dukes
Name: Patty Dukes
Hometown: Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
What does it mean to have a voice?
It means having a way to express yourself and believing you have something to say.
Author: Patty Dukes
Patty Dukes is a Hip-Hop Artist, Actor, Screenwriter and Runner based in NYC. Founding member of Hip-Hop group Circa'95, a hip-hop group that makes music seamlessly in English and Spanish. Former Artist in Residence at Carnegie Hall. Brooklyn Academy of Music Artist in Residence for 2020. Artist Advisory Board member of The Bronx Music Hall. Patty is a member of WRU CREW, a running collective based in Washington Heights. She graduated from the Hunter College's Creative Writing program and is currently pursuing an MFA in screenwriting at The Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema and was awarded the Made in NY Scholarship for the 2020-2021 academic year.