Chamindika Wanduragala is a Sri Lankan American puppet artist based in Minneapolis, MN. She is also the founder and Executive + Artistic Director of Monkeybear’s Harmolodic Workshop, a nonprofit that nurtures Native, Black, IPOC in developing creative and technical skills in contemporary puppetry. She loves transporting people to another world through puppetry and witnessing the magic that comes with bringing a puppet to life, and how puppetry can build community. You can see her work at www.chamindika.com and read more about Monkeybear at www.monkeybear.org.