Education:
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
B.A. in Politics w/ an emphasis in International Relations
Graduated June 2006
Media Experience:
Upheaval Productions
Producer, Director, Writer, Directory of Photography, Interviews, Editor, Owner/Founder
August 2006 – present
Independent production company producing short and feature documentary films (www.UpheavalProductions.com)
Vancouver Media Cooperative (Olympic Coverage)
Visiting Correspondent, Videographer, Editor, Interviews
February 2010
Independent media coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics (www.Vancouver.MediaCoop.ca)
Fault Lines: The Newsmagazine of the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center
Contributing Writer, Photographer, Design and Layout
September 2006 – July 2007
San Francisco bi-monthly newsmagazine featuring local/global news analysis and reporting (www.FaultLines.org)
Colectivo Media Insurgente
Camera-operator, Editor, Interviews, Sound, Co-Founder, Financial Coordinator
September 2005 – November 2008
Production group specializing in short documentary films (www.UpheavalProductions.com/MediaInsurgente)
The Project Newspaper
Contributing Writer, Photographer, Design and Layout, Financial Coordinator
September 2004 – January 2007
Quarterly Santa Cruz, CA independent newspaper focusing on local/national politics
The (dis)Orientation Guide
Contributing Writer, Design and Layout, Financial Coordinator
June 2004 – September 2006
Annual analysis of UCSC/Santa Cruz politics for new and returning students
Documentary Films:
Occupation Has No Future: Militarism and Resistance in Israel/Palestine(2010)
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Interviews, Editor
A feature exploring the foundations of Israeli militarism and resistance to it by Israeli and Palestinian organizers
Dos Americas: The Reconstruction of New Orleans (47 min, 2008)
Producer, Writer, Director of Photography, Interviews, Editor
Examines the Latino migrant laborers who are rebuilding New Orleans and the issues this community faces
Down But Not Out (36 min, 2006)
Director of Photography, Interviews, Editor, Sound
Hurricane Katrina survivors’ stories of evacuation and their thoughts on reconstruction one year after
Trying Days: The Government Inaction and Grassroots Response to Hurricane Katrina (26 min, 2006)
Editor, Camera-operator, Interviews, Sound
A look into the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the community organizing immediately following the disaster
Producing Just Garments (24 min, 2006)
Assistant Editor
The story of workers in a Salvadoran sweatshop who take over their factory after management shuts it down
Estamos Aquí: Workers Strike Back at UCSC (10 min, 2005)
Editor
Workers strike across the UC system and UCSC is shut down when students and workers take to the streets
Man on a Mission (5 min, 2004)
Director of Photography, Interviews, Editor, Sound
The short story of Miguel, a traveling homeless youth
Open Container, Open Country: Squatting in America (14 min, 2003)
Director of Photography, Interviews, Editor
A look at the lives of the traveling homeless who choose to live life on their own terms
Work Featured/Published in:
Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War, and Build a Better World
eds. David Solnit and Aimee Allison (Seven Stories Press, 2007)
Democracy Now!
Current TV
FriendlyFireCollective.info
GlobalPolicy.org
Indybay.org
Indymedia.org
Common Dreams
Infoshop.org
MatadorTravel.com
The Nor’easter
BeyondChron.org
B Channel News
Film Festivals:
HBO’s New York International Latino Film Festival
New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival
San Francisco Human Rights International Film Festival
Reel Work Labor Film Festival
Twin Rivers Media Film Festival
Invited Lectures:
“The Perils of Reconstruction: Unauthorized Latina/o Hazardous Work Conditions in Post-Katrina New Orleans”
Featured Speaker in conversation w/ Prof. Eric Porter
The 36th Annual Conference of the Southwest Labor Studies Association: “Labor and Immigration: Past and Present”
Oakes College, UC Santa Cruz — May 7, 2010
presented by UCSC Center for Labor Studies
“Bay Area Panel on Strategy for the 2010 U.S. Social Forum”
Panelist w/ Katharine Wallerstein, Prof. Andrej Grubabic, Zhivka Valiavicharska, Sharon Lhungo, and Ian Paul
CounterPULSE — April 14, 2010
presented by the Global Commons Foundation and Shaping San Francisco
“Dos Americas: A Discussion of Immigration and Race in Post-Katrina New Orleans”
Featured Speaker w/ Prof. Ronald Sunstrom and Prof. Jorge Aquino
Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival—San Francisco
University of San Francisco — February 26, 2008
presented by USF Amnesty International
Other Work Experience:
Eviction Defense Collaborative (EDC) – San Francisco, CA
Volunteer Coordinator
December 2007 – June 2010
Responsible for the recruitment, training, and supervision of the EDC’s volunteer and internship program
San Francisco Tenants Union (SFTU) – San Francisco, CA
Volunteer Coordinator
December 2007 – June 2010
Responsible for the recruitment, training, and supervision of the SFTU’s volunteer and internship program
Additional Skills:
Knowledge of Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop
Conversational Spanish
Extensive Travel
North America: United States, Canada, Mexico
Europe: Spain, England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic
Middle East: Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Occupied Palestinian West Bank
Asia: Japan
(References available upon request)
