Hunter Reese Peña, the son of Mexican immigrant parents, was raised in California's Central Valley. He is a bilingual actor residing in Los Angeles, CA. Inspired by Lena Dunham's accomplishments with HBO's Girls, his most notable venture in writing/directing paired him with comedy legend Martin Lawrence for a social media short, giving him the opportunity to direct and learn from Mr. Lawrence, and garnering over one hundred thousand views on Facebook. He fell in love with acting when he landed his first theater role at the age of 19. Since then his mission has been to learn the art of acting by following the examples set by his greatest acting heroes, Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman. He studied the Meisner Technique with Sanford Meisner alum Don Bloomfield at The DBA Studio, where he learned how to connect to the heart of every character, and became obsessed with acting. Hunter has studied with countless singing coaches and acting studios, he's a proud life-long student of spirituality and the performance arts.