Dawn D. Valadez is the Director of Youth & Artist Development at BAVC Media. She is responsible for the youth programs in San Francisco and the East Bay including Reel Stories. Dawn co-directs national artistic programming such as the Media Maker Fellowship.
Dawn Valadez is a second-generation Xicana, fiercely independent, queer filmmaker and artist. Along with her Co-Director Rodrigo Reyes their film Untitled Lorena (in production) won the 2024 DocLands Jury Prize for their recorded pitch. Dawn is the Producer/Co-director of The Pushouts (with Katie Galloway, 2018), earning the 2019 Imagen Best Documentary award.
Dawn is always working and when she’s not she’s checking out local punk rock shows at the Ivy Room and Eli’s Mile High Club or hanging with her chiweenie Chuy.
