Modesto Women Making History: Marcella Arguello

Marcella Arguello has become one of Modesto’s greatest comedic exports. Arguello grew up in Modesto, born of Salvadorean immigrants who fled El Salvador during the Civil War. Graduating from Johansen High School in 2002 and active in the theatre program. A self-proclaimed class clown, known for her Michael Jackson impressions(which she still does today.) While attending Stanislaus State and San Francisco State University studying to become a school teacher, Marcella decided to move to LA to pursue comedy.

She has worked on The Improv Comedy Club circuit all across the US, has appeared regularly at the Punch Line in Northern California, headlined at Gallo Center of the Arts and performed at the SF Comedy and Riot LA Comedy Festivals as well as performing for our soldiers overseas. Marcella Arguello has the distinct honor of winning the first Modesto Area Music Award given to a comedian in 2009 and that was just the start of the accolades including MSN.com Top 10 female comedians working in TV and Film. She is also the host and booker of Women Crush Wednesday at The Hollywood Improv Lab.

In 2015 she made her television debut on Last Call with Carson Daly, and since then has appeared on the ComedyCentral show @Midnight several times, featured on the Viceland comedy series Flophouse and more recently been writing for Bill Nye Saves the World. You can see her stand up on HBO 2 Dope Queens as well as Night Train with Wyatt Cenac on STARZ. Marcella has continued to act appearing on “Take My Wife”, “Best Presidency Ever”, “Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine” and the shorts “RAGD” and “Or(Someone)Else”.