ABOUT ME

Franceli Chapman-Varela an Afro-Latina(Dominican) Artivist. Activism and art were bound to come together for Franceli, by the age of 7 she began to teach dance with her father and at 8 went to her first protest when the KKK were staying on school grounds close by to her home at the time.  This former on-air personality at 91.1 FM has been seen hosting on Afterbuzz TV, Black Hollywood Live, and Uno Dos Tres Television. She has hosted/participated in panels for the Hispancize Conference, National Hispanic Media Coalition, Vida Afro Latina fundraiser. As an actor/activist she uses her voice to speak on panels and protests on the need for inclusion/diversity in Hollywood. You can hear her voice in the Latinx talent powerhouse Audible original series “Michelle Rojas is Not Okay.” Franceli has been seen on BET’s Original Movie, Open, Peacock’s Mrs Davis, All American (Netflix), The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo) and won best Actor in a Horror/Scifi film for Cult at the Official Latino Film Festival. She was also a part of the 2021 NHMC (National Hispanic Media Coalition) actor showcase. Her theatre credits include White (CVRep), The House On Mango Street, Blues for Mister Charlie (New Haarlem Arts) and Children of Killers (Katori Hall) to name a few.  Franceli has covered and written for Houston Style Magazine, Broadway Black, Soul Essence Magazine and has been featured in the NY TIMES, Amsterdam News, CNN, Telemundo. She worked with Latina Show-runner Tanya Saracho in the writer's room for Brujas on Starz.  Semi-Finalist in 2018 and then winner in 2019 of the  Restoration Art & Frank Silvera Writer’s Workshop 50for50 Letters to Our Daughter’s contest curated by Tony-Nominated writer, Dominque Morriseau. Her play, "A Work in Progress" was produced at the Castillo Theatre for the Young Playwrights Festival. Her short story, A Runner's Heart was featured in Audible book: "Talking while Female and Other Dangerous Acts" Ms. Chapman is publishing her first book Between Spaces Summer 2024.