Shakespeare's Sister Company

Sister of the Month: Nathalia Perozo

By Kris Lundberg on June 16th, 2010

What’s in a name? Tell us the story behind your first and surname.
Nathalia is my legal name, which my dad picked for me.  It means Christmas Child.  However, my mom liked Natalie after my mom’s best friend who tragically was hit by a car.  Mom vowed her first child would be named Natalie…so, here I am. 

 Describe a fond memory growing up of your parents.
My parents got divorced when I was two.  Mom was seventeen and dad was twenty-three when they had me.  I remember walking into the bedroom…it’s not what you think.  I remember being young and walking in their bedroom with my monkey bottle and seeing them just lying on the bed.  I smiled to myself and said, “There’s my mom and dad.”

What is your passion?
Life.  I know it sounds cliche.  Love the moment.  Love music.  Words.  Poetry heightens my awareness for life.

When did you realize how important your passion is to you and why, as a whole, it is so important to you?
Adolescence.  I always wrote in my diary.  When I was fifteen, my words became less sentences and more random image blurbs. That’s how the beast was born and it saved my life. It showed me my purpose. This Fall I’ll be attending the New School for an MFA in Creative Writing for poetry.

If you could change the world with this passion, what would you do?
If I could make one person in the pits of hell feel less alone or re-invigorated finding the spark in life, a phrase, words, images…then mission accomplished.

Do you feel in today’s society that modern women are able to voice their opinion?
Absolutely.  Some social constructs have become so removed, I think modern women can experiment more outwardly and not be ostracized or marginalized for it.

Who is your role model and why?
I have so many.  My two strongest are my parents…individually, not as a unit.  My father for being charming, intelligent, sense of humor, having a deep respect for life and other people…very romantic.  My mom for her strength and sassiness, appreciation for gay subculture, great energy.  She’s a feisty one.

Where do you see women as a whole in the arts in the next five years?
Everywhere and anywhere.  No limits.  I do think there is a degree of sexism in a lot of mediums, but the possibilities are endless.

Do you have any advice for the feminine gene pool?
Enjoy being a woman.  I think women feel they have to emulate men in power and that’s not the case.  Our instincts are different.  The way we go about things are different.  Follow your intuition and appreciate every moment in the present.  Love your fellow man.  We are all a part of the same collective energy.

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