Arts Every Day

Cori Dioquino is a Filipino American actor based in NYC and Baltimore. Her credits include Marvel/Netflix’s Daredevil, CBS’s FBI and New Amsterdam on NBC. She began training as a competitive pianist before switching her focus to theatre while in college. Cori earned her Associate’s degree in Music Performance from Howard Community College and her Bachelor’s in Theatre Studies from Towson University. Cori worked as a stage actor throughout Maryland and DC after receiving her undergrad, but soon grew a love for television and film production. She booked several commercials as well as independent film and web series roles before booking her first major television appearance on the third season of Marvel/Netflix’s hit series Daredevil as the crime lord Sophia Carter. Cori was most recently seen on the Season 2 Fall Finale of New Amsterdam as Nurse Eddie. She continues to enjoy performing both on the screen and stage. IMG_2720.jpg Cori is a passionate and outspoken advocate for stronger Filipinx and Asian Pacific Indigenous (API) representation in American arts and entertainment. In 2018, she co-founded the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC). The arts organization’s mission is to use “art of all platforms to ensure that the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Indigenous Americans are seen, heard and valued”. In 2020, Cori helped launch the national campaign Unapologetically Asian. The campaign, which was a collaboration between APAC and the creative team of Racism Is A Virus, was created as a response to the growing discrimination towards Asians as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It aims to empower Asian and Asian American communities to change the conversation about belonging in America. When Cori isn’t acting or producing, she can be found in the classroom as an arts integration educator, using the arts to engage students as they learn core curriculum and empowering them to excel in the classroom and throughout their daily lives. Cori is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and an Equity Member Candidate.

Rachael Barillari is the CEO of Soul Stori LLC. As an educator and writer, Barillari specializes in the intersection of mind, brain, heart, and personal development. She earned an M.S. in teaching from Johns Hopkins University, where she now instructs on neuroeducation, and am M.A. in psychology in education from Columbia University. Barillari is a certified wellness coach and a former public school teacher.