Winona Martin is an award-winning, multi-faceted mezzo-soprano from Dallas, Texas, who specializes in boot-stomping and cycling in her free time. She is the 1st Place Winner of the 2025 Fort Worth Opera McCammon Voice, and 2023 Annapolis Voice Competitions. In the coming 2025/26 season, she joins the Semperoper Dresden. The 2024/25 season will see her Washington National Opera lead role debut as Laurene Powell Jobs in Bates' The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, and a role and house debut with Annapolis Opera as Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Winona is a Middle Atlantic Region 3rd Place Winner, a Rocky Mountain Region Encouragement Award Winner, and a four-time Regional Finalist in The Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.