Sisa Quispe is an award-winning Quechua-Aymara filmmaker and TEDx speaker from Peru, based in New York City. Her work explores Indigenous identity, migration, cultural memory, and healing through intimate stories rooted in Quechua life and traditions. Her film Urpi: Her Last Wish won the Gotham Student Short Film Showcase, was featured by Focus Features, and was selected for JetBlue's in-flight entertainment. Her latest short, Kusi Smiles, was filmed in the Peruvian Andes entirely in Quechua with a Quechua cast and crew. Developed through the Latino Film Institute's Inclusion Fellowship, supported by Netflix, the film received a Best Latin American Short Film nomination at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Sisa delivered the TEDx talk 'Re-thinking Who We Are Through a Decolonizing Lens.' In 2025, she received a New York State Senate Proclamation recognizing her service to the community and the state.