Biography

Marquita "Keta" Price, who plays the role of Mel, is extremely excited for her debut in the new feature film, Earth Mama. Keta is a native and current resident of deep East Oakland, CA. She is a former athlete, middle school rowing coach, visionary, dancer and culture keeper. Her positivity and high energy is infectious. As a youth, Keta always appreciated musicals and the theater, yet spent most of her extracurricular time playing sports and being with family.

One of Keta's biggest visions is for low income communities to reimagine, plan and design their 'hoods for them, by them. From leveraging trending Tik Tok challenges, hosting backyard events to cultivating resident leadership cohorts, Keta has committed the past five years to seeking the most organic ways to engage low-income Black and POC residents in neighborhood planning and development processes. Known as The Hood Planner, early 2022, Keta developed a social enterprise, Hood Planning Group to further her community planning work as a community centered consultant.

Marquita looks forward to expanding her career in acting and merging this new passion of film with her community development and planning goals. She most enjoys afro-futuristic, sci-fi, action and urban-social genres.

- IMDb mini biography by: Keta Price