Desira Pesta is an East Coast bred visual and performance artist & writer who was raised by two bikers in the woods of Scranton, Pennsylvania. She spent the early part of her life driving tractors, bulldozers, and diesel truck to high school. A tomboy, she spent much of her youth in the woods, which gave way to an enhanced creative inner world. She started acting & writing as a child, finding she preferred perfecting Southern characters, dressing as a male, or taking on the role of an orphan witch in home videos & recordings she created in lieu of "normal" teenager activities. Desira received a BFA in Fine Art from Syracuse University with a minor in Interior Architecture. After college, Desira moved to NYC and as a self-taught seamstress, she started working as an independent fashion designer, one of the first designers on Etsy.com, producing a small ready-to-wear line she sold throughout the US, Australia, the U.K. & Japan from 2005 to 2012. Ever a performer, the screen beckoned her back and with tremendous good luck and hard work, she was invited to join The Screen Actors Guild in 2009.As a fashion & costume designer, Desira's clothing company, started in 2004, has become a favorite amongst indie lovers and Desira was one of the final 25 possible contestants for Project Runway Seasons 7 & 8. With a natural knack for all things creative, she has lived an alternative lifestyle, supporting herself solely through creative hands-on endeavors & projects. She co-founded the John Doe Theatre Company in the summer of 2012.In 2015, Desira acted in and costume designed, Red Pearl (2015) , an independent feature drama by Desert Girl Productions and also featuring her would be Project Runway peer, Mondo Guerra. In 2015, Desira started her Masters studies in Costume Design for Stage & Film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and will graduate in 2018. Show less «