Introducing Isabella Marie Garcia, Burnaway’s Editorial Assistant (@isamxrie)!

Isabella “Isa” Marie Garcia works as the editorial assistant at Burnaway and is an interdisciplinary lens-based artist, writer, and educator living in her native Miami, Florida. Interested in alternative educational spaces, she is actively researching the work of women and nonbinary photographers in correctional facilities and residential rehabs. Garcia is a recipient of a 2026 Oolite Arts Home + Away Residency at Artpace, San Antonio, Texas, a 2026 DVCAI Artist Catalyst Award and Spring 2026 Miami-Dade County Artist Access Grant, a 2025 Oolite Arts Ellies Creator Award and the 2024 WOPHA Research Fellowship for “The Photography Care Matrix: Teaching Traditional and Experimental Photo Techniques within Prison Environments, Residential Rehabs, and Alternative Schools”, a 2024 Visual Aids Research Fellowship, and the 2023 Locust Projects Wavemaker Research and Implementation Grant for “What Happens When the Dust Settles?”. Garcia was in residence at Bakehouse Art Complex for their 2025 Summer Open program and is an associate artist with the organization. She is pursuing a low-residency MFA in Image Text at Cornell University beginning Summer 2026 and graduated summa cum laude with her Bachelor of Arts in English from Florida International University in 2019. More information on her practice can be found at isamxrie.com. _ Photo credit Chantal Lawrie @chantal_lawrie.