Fabiola Méndez is a Puerto Rican cuatro player, singer, educator, and Emmy-nominated composer focused on the exploration of culture and identity through story-telling. Her music is a blend of Folk, Afro-Caribbean & Jazz, with the cuatro, a ten-string traditional guitar of Puerto Rico, as the lead. Recognized as the Latin Artist of the Year by the Boston Music Awards, Fabiola and her band have performed on national stages, including the NPR Tiny Desk and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. She is a recipient of the Quincy Jones Award, the Brother Thomas Fellowship, and the ASCAP Lucille and Jack Yellen Award. Fabiola is a Berklee College of Music alumni, having made history as the first graduate to play the Puerto Rican cuatro as principal instrument.