Michelle Pokopac
Actor, Director, Producer
Michelle Pokopac is an actor in both theatre and film. In 2017, Michelle and her partners founded East by Southeast, an organization dedicated to supporting and developing local Asian artists. She is also a member of the group IDEA ATL (Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in the arts of Atlanta), in response to the social and racial injustices brought forth from the theatre community of Atlanta.
Michelle’s Favorite Anti-racist quote:
The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend the be free of racism to be anti-racist. Anti-racism is the comment to fight racism wherever you find it including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward.
- Ijoema Oluo