Marabina Jaimes

Marabina Jaimes is a powerful presence in all areas of entertainment. Best known as "Mara", the Emmy Award Winning Host of "Storytime!" on PBS, with guests such as Ellen Degeneres, Glynn Turman, Angela Basset, Edward James Olmos, and Ruben Blades to name a few. She has participated in dozens of Emmy, Oscar, and Imagen Award Nominated/Winning projects. Marabina (pronounced Mara-Vina) has built a career as a stand out performer on Stage, Television, and Film. She is also a consummate Bilingual Voice Over Artist, specializing in Animation, Narration, Vocal Performance Replacement, and Singing. Marabina Jaimes' voice was recognized in Spanish every week as Mary Alice Young on ABC's "Desperate Housewives", which lead to her being on camera as the main subject of "Now En Espanol", a groundbreaking documentary by Andrea Meller on the trials and tribulations of Latina Actresses in Hollywood. (PBS / Voces) She has performed at The Mark Taper, South Coast Rep, The Kennedy Center, and The Montalban Theater. She starred as Carmen De La Antchez (with Tony Plana, Candi Milo, and Cheech Marin) in Klasky-Csupo's "Santo Bugito" on CBS. Marabina Jaimes is an Hispanic Heritage Award Recipient and has been featured in Emmy Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and Despierta America. She co-hosted and co-produced, along with Bel Hernandez, Dyana Ortelli, and Kikey Castillo, the Imagen Award Nominated "Let's Talk": the first, the original, all Latina Talk Show, produced by Latin Heat. Some of her many credits include: SMILF, Coco, East Los High