East Bay BAVC Youth and Reel Stories Program Manager

Yasaman Ford

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Yasaman Ford is the Program Manager for Reel Stories and East Bay BAVC Youth programs. Yasaman ensures youth camps, workshops, clubs, and panels are successful – through program evaluation and development, curriculum review, instructor support, and coordinating partnerships with local schools and orgs.

Yasaman joined BAVC Media when Reel Stories merged with BAVC Media in 2021. She is a Reel Stories alumni, having attended the filmmaking camp for girls and gender expansive youth from its inception in 2013. Outside of BAVC Media, Yasaman is a freelance motion graphics animator, budding production designer, and animal enthusiast.

In her free time, Yasaman enjoys spending time with her partner, her dog “Dottie”, and 20+ guppies at their apartment in Honolulu. After work, she can be found drinking tea and working on her latest crochet or sewing project.