Catrina J. Sparkman

Catrina J. Sparkman is the Artistic Director of the Creator’s Cottage, a maker studio space for artists and writers in Madison, Wisconsin. Catrina is also the founder and CEO of The Ironer’s Press Ministries, a non-profit that serves the needs of women, children and families of color in Wisconsin through the use of social action theater, publishing and the creative arts. As a professional artist for over 25 years, Catrina has carved out a successful career niche as a grassroots theater artist and authorpreneur of several works of fiction and non-fiction. She also works as an instructor of Theatre and Drama, a content creator, public speaker, publisher, book coach, and creative consultant for various national and international organizations. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Madison with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Creative Writing, and Masters in African American Studies.