KJ is an Associate Professor at UT Austin in the Department of Theatre and Dance and head of the MFA Playwriting/Directing programs. She is also the founder and CEO of American Records, dedicated to making theatre that chronicles our time, theatre that serves as a bridge between people. She recently directed José Cruz Gonzales' American Mariachi at the Alley Theater in Houston and her all-Latiné Tango adaptation of Noel Coward's Private Lives at Arizona Theatre Company in Tucson and Phoenix. She co-adapted and directed Karen Zacarias' Romeo y Juliet at Cal Shakes in Orinda, California and Octavio Solis's Quixote Nuevo which toured to Hartford Stage, The Huntington and The Alley. As a playwright, KJ's been produced at (select list) Berkeley Rep, Baltimore's Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Playmakers Rep, Asolo Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Two River Theater Company, Frontera Rep, Round House, Cornerstone Theater Company and Off-Broadway at Urban Stages and Here Arts. KJ has directed across the country, including Off-Broadway. As an actor KJ performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and internationally including the Toga-Mura Festival in Japan and the IberoAmericano Festival in Bogota, Columbia. She is the voice of many characters on the cartoons Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go. KJ is a Fox Fellow, Douglass Wallop Fellow, and a recipient of the 2014 Rella Lossy Playwright Award. She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts/TCG Career Development Program, an Associate Artist with The Civilians, and a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect.