Joy Yvonne Jones is originally from Houston, Texas where she attended The High School for the  Performing and Visual Arts and went on to study at the University of Minnesota in the Guthrie Theatre BFA Actor Training Program. Joy was awarded a San Diego Critic Circle Craig Noel Award for her performance of Saartjie Baartman in Voyeurs de Venus at Moxie Theatre. Her most recent credits include Cherise Howard in Flex at The Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville and a plethora of zoom readings during everyones stay at home. Joy is one of the founding members and  President of the San Diego Black Artist Collective. She is a creative hurricane working on the revolution at the speed of inspiration with her baby boy Leo James on her hip.