Linda Nieves-Powell was named "Mas Que Belleza" by People en Espanol and selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics by Hispanic Business magazine.   She is the author of the novel, “Free Style” published by Simon and Schuster which will soon become a full length stage play on off-Broadway.  In 2009, Linda was a key figure in successfully having the MTV True Life: I'm Nuyorican episode banned from broadcast for its stereotypical portrayal of young Nuyoricans.  

This writer, director, producer, author and successful entrepreneur was awarded the 2005 Imagen Award, the 2005 Comite Noviembre award and the 2004 HOLA Tespis Award by the Hispanic Organization of Latino Actors. In 2002, Linda was named one of El Diario/La Prensa’s 50 Most Outstanding Women and received the Harvard University’s Fuerza Latina Award in 2003, and The Texas A&M University SCOLA Award in 2003 for her presentation of positive Latina images.

She has written and directed many successful productions such as “Sex, Lies and Adam & Eve”, “21”,  “Jose Can Speak”, “YO SOY LATINA!”, “The New Soul Latina Show”, “Tina Does Perez”, “Amigos and Dreams”, ”Rice and Beans & Other Rican Things”, and “A Day with my Dead Husband Hector”. She has also written, directed and produced short films such as, “Vinnie the Puerto Rican from Bensonhurst”, “Mimi’s Portrait” which was an official selection of the Miami Short Film Festival, San Francisco Women’s Festival, Staten Island Film Festival and The Lolita Film Festival and the humourous documentary “The Bigger the Hoop”.  Her short script “For Callie” was a semifinalist at the GEM and Champion Writing Contests.

Her plays have been produced at Manhattan Theatre Source, Crossroads Theater Company, HERE, Dixon Place, Crossroads Theatre, Queens Theatre in the Park and the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe.

Linda is the founder and president of Latino Flavored Productions, Inc., a multimedia entertainment production company she founded in 1995. With Linda at the helm, Latino Flavored Productions, Inc. has successfully grossed over one million dollars in sales producing theatrical shows at over 400 top-ranked colleges and universities around the country including various universities such as, Harvard, MIT, Brown, Duke, Vassar and UPenn.

Find Linda Nieves-Powell on FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE.  Catch an episode of TIEMPO where Linda talks about the ups and downs of being a Latina author. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7726703