Marie Franco is a Peruvian-Venezuelan artist living in South Florida, whose practice focuses on storytelling and describing community through painting. She explores social connection, moments of everyday life, and shared immigrant experiences within emergent immigrant communities such as flea markets. She has a special focus on the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, a representative space for immigrants and culture in South Florida that is tied to her family history. As a public artist, Marie has contributed murals to organizations such as Hispanic Unity of Florida, the City of Dania, and Broward County Public Schools. She is a recent graduate of New World School of the Arts with a Bachelor’s degree in Painting and a minor in Art History. Her work has been exhibited at the YoungArts Gallery, the New World School of the Arts Gallery, and the historic Alfred I. duPont Building.