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Dessa Quesada Palm

Dessa Quesada Palm is an artist-teacher-advocate from the Philippines. She is a board member of IMPACT, a global organization engaging arts and culture to transform conflict and build more creative, inclusive societies. Her passion in people’s theater was kindled at 13 when she joined the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). Dessa served as Head of…

Philippines Educational Theatre Association

PETA participated earlier in ICAF 2008 with the youth theatre production Infanta PETA is one of the oldest and most respected arts organizations in Asia. Founded in 1967 and collectively structured, it has a performance ensemble, a youth theatre, an international partnership with countries in the Mekong delta, and a school for people’s theatre. PETA…