Experienced bilingual producer specializing in end-to-end production. Skilled in documentary and digital video with a strong background in story development and cross-team collaboration. Passionate about producing high-impact visual content that amplifies democracy, culture, and community.
Thriv(h)er - In Production.
A documentary about the powerful and inspiring journey of resilience to becoming a mom after surviving cancer.
Co-Producer
Quiet Pictures, VOCES, & PBS SoCal Production
Coordinating Producer for six episode series based on issues affecting Latinos during the 2024 election season.
Coordinating Producer, Digital Series
VOCES: Latino Vote 2024
A Bernardo Ruiz & Quiet Pictures Production for PBS & Latino Public Broadcasting.
Broadcast: Airdate: 10/09/2024 - PBS: Latino Vote 2024
Digital Series: Watch all six episodes here.
Coordinating Producer
Teach Civics: ‘Schools should be incubators for democracy’
Segment Producer for one episode in digital series accompanying broadcast film, A Citizen’s Guide to Preserving Democracy.
Broadcast Special: WNET/PBS & Preserving Democracy
Digital Series: Can be viewed here.
Segment Producer, Digital Series
A Citizen’s Guide to Preserving Democracy
Broadcast film & digital series produced by WNET & PBS.
Broadcast Special: WNET/PBS & Preserving Democracy
Segment Producer
Associate Producer
United Gangs of America
Documentary series produced by VICE.
Conducted editorial research, FOIA requests, outreach and booking of interviews for a series exploring the world’s most notorious gangs. Production coordinator and location scout for over 30 remote and in-house shoots around the world
Can be viewed on Hulu and VICE TV.
Producer for PBS & WNET Multiplatform Initiatives Chasing the Dream and Peril and Promise.
I led the production process from contract to delivery to launch for all documentary series, short films, podcasts, and articles distributed on our YouTube channel, On The Brink, and on the social channels and websites for the two national reporting PBS initiatives, Chasing the Dream and Peril and Promise.
Due to a partnership between Multiplatform Initiatives team and WORLD Channel, the series, In Their Element, and a few other digital-first films/docuseries had a chance at having a broadcast premiere. I was the project manager from the start of the renewed partnership to delivery of materials to WORLD for broadcast.
Multiplatform Producer
Researcher & Associate Producer
Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union
First hire brought on as researcher to create a proposal for a retrospective on the events of January 6, 2020. Proposal went on to become a film and multiplatform initiative.
Became AP on film where I coordinated six segment producers, became a field producer & Certified Covid Compliance officer for shoots. Assisted archival producer and post-production.
Broadcast: A WNET & PBS production
Digital News
The Lincoln Report &The Breakdown
Zeldavision TV/The Lincoln Project
Researcher for The Lincoln Report, a twice-weekly news program in partnership with The Lincoln Project. I stayed aware of breaking news, created script outlines, pitches story ideas, contributed writing to the script, gathered photo and video elements, and provided thorough research on guests and news for host packet. Once The Lincoln Report ended, I went on to do research for The Breakdown.
Community Radio
In 2015, I became a reporter and producer at Radio Santa Ana, a community radio station located in the Centro Cultural de Mexico, a cultural center for a community that consists of 75% Latinos. The time I spent at RSA fundamentally shaped my approach to telling stories by always asking the question: Who is not in “the room” right now?
Interpreter
Translator
Transcriber
I have been an interpreter, translator, and transcriber. Some work I have done:
Translated a Civic Tech app into Spanish
Spanish to English Interpreter at live events
Translated, transcribed, and provided research to a piece published on Palabra & The Charlottesville Tomorrow and a documentary on farming in Northern California.
Transcription cleanup for podcast, Melrose Heals
Other Experience
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Institute of Politics and Public Service
Developed & implemented a strategy for student engagement and participation through leadership opportunities, partnerships, event and discussion-based programming, and experiential learning opportunities
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During the 2016 national presidential election, I was a Regional Logistics Coordinator for the Campaign Operations team at SEIU. As an RLC for the civic engagement program that sought to increase union member participation in the election, I was the primary point of contact for the logistics of 16 different member offices nationwide. I organized all travel, supplies, financial reimbursement, and payroll needs for member political organizers.
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As the Media Management Acquisitions Coordinator, I entered metadata for programming and worked with outside series distributors of title delivery and billing for IFC, SundanceTV, and BBC America.