Lucia Callender is a second-year M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in live design and production (costume technology) at The University of Texas at Austin. She graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 2022 with a B.A. in Theatre and Spanish Language. She has worked in the costume shop at the Chautauqua Opera Company and has a background in freelance costume work. She has also taught sewing and costuming classes to young theatre artists between the ages of eight and 18 years old.