Mercedes Letitia Carrabba (Yaeger)

Profile

It starts with stories. Every place and every person carries layers of memory, perspective, and narration. My work is telling those stories, whether through art, coffee, or storytelling. I uncover connections and create through-lines. I pay attention to how history moves through the body and how it settles into places.

As a coffee roaster, I learned to work backward. Cup to roaster. Roaster to farm. Farm to soil. As a storyteller and artist, I follow the same path, always returning to the land. I am curious about origins, change, what evolves, what persists, and what survives.

Education

MA Performative Arts, First Class Honours | University College Cork, Ireland | 2024
Thesis: "Windows: A Willful Exploration" focused on Altea, Spain, exploring home, memory, and feminist space.

Bachelor of Arts | Evergreen State College, USA | 1994

Artistic Practice

Visual Art - Watercolor, sketch, and site-specific installations in Seattle, Washington, and Altea, Spain.

Design - Logo, packaging, and brand designer: Ghost Alley Espresso, Queen Anne Roasters, The Barques Bronte Cafe, Pike Place Market Merchants Association.

Theatre - Improv training with Matt Smith, Seattle (2007-2023). New Actors Workshop, New York (1996).

Writing - Author of "Seattle's Market Ghost Stories" (2014-2020). Artist and Author of The Pike Place Market Coloring Book (1996).

Storytelling - KUOW Radio, KCTS 9, Pike Place Market, Market Ghost Tours, Seattle Lust Tours, Underground Tours.