Young actress from Harlingen turning heads in high places

Young actress from Harlingen turning heads in high places

HARLINGEN — Mariana with her voice musical and clear spoke quietly and without reservation about her sudden success for a short film. “I really wasn’t expecting it,” said Mariana Donnelly, 12, a sixth grader at Memorial Middle School. Mariana, who goes by the stage name “That’s so Mariana” has just won Best Performance for a short film at the Los Angeles Web Series Festival, more commonly known as the LA Web Fest. The film “Black and White Canva…