Karina Noelle Castillo is an 18-year veteran actor, producer, director, and entrepreneur from Los Angeles, CA. She graduated from Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and California Institute of the Arts with a Theatre Major. Her film and television acting credits include NCIS, The Good Doctor, Grey's Anatomy, L.A.'s Finest, Better Things, and Promised Land as well as feature films Holidays and Missing. She was an assistant editor at Lodger Films for web series Jerk All Stars, seen on ABC, FYI, FOX, MeTV and Amazon.

Karina is the co-founder and CEO of Courtyard Entertainment, LLC, which specializes in music videos, short films, acting services and consulting for company and celebrity branding. She also co-founded The Heartbreak Artists, an LA-based arts collective which supports local artists in finding beauty in chaos. Their yearly art gallery and festival, Heart Beats, celebrates all forms of heartbreak. Karina is also the creator of Humana/Xicana, a clothing line connecting to her indigenous roots. She is the recipient of the Mexican-American Cultural Education Foundation (MACEF) Filmmaker Production Grant and was a Second Rounder