Jessica Pimentel

Born and raised in Brooklyn New York Jessica Pimentel is an American actress whose parents were immigrants from the Dominican Republic She is a Latina of mixed heritage including Taino Native American She is a graduate of the High School for the Performing Arts aka Fame in New York City and the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts also in New York City where she holds a degree in Theater Arts where she was awarded the Cleavon Little scholarship and was a member of the professional acting company She has traveled around the United States Canada and Japan as both a classical violinist and a punk rockHardcore musician and has played at various notable venues such as CBGB and Carnegie Hall She is also a student of many styles of dance and martial arts She is a lover of mathematics and science cosmology astronomy physics and chemistry and a student of theology and Tibetan Buddhist philosophy logic and debate in the Gelugpa Tradition of the Dalai Lama and was trained by the former abbot of Sera Mey Monastery HE Sermey Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tharchin Some of her theater credits include the American Stage production of the Pulitzer prize winning play Anna in the Tropics and the Shakespeare Theaters production of a A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings adapted by Nilo Cruz She was also seen in the leading role of Mathilde in the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theaters production of The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl and the Seattle Repertory Theaters production of Eduardo Machados The Cook which dealt with the effects of the rise of communism in Cuba over a span of 40 years In 2008 she played the role of Juliet in an abridged contemporary version of Romeo and Juliet in a Theatreworks USA production national tour and originated the role of Lupita in the off Broadway show sponsored by The Womens Project Aliens with Extraordinary Skills by Romanian playwright Saviana Stanescu Jessica is also the lead vocalist and recording guitarist for the Brooklyn NY based heavy metal band Alekhines Gun and Bassist for NY heavy metal Hardcore band Desolate She is a featured and endorsed artist for Spector basses Halo guitars and Krank Amps