YEMM
Leena Joshi
Leena is the Director of Youth & Emerging Media Makers (YEMM) at BAVC Media, supporting both our SF youth programs and Reel Stories in the East Bay. Through curriculum development, instructor support, and program evaluation, partnership, and capacity building, Leena supports the learning of young media makers and growth of BAVC Media’s youth programs on both sides of the Bay. Leena joined BAVC Media in March of 2024 with experience leading Digital + New Media arts and writing initiatives within SFUSD, as well as at Oakland-based studio for disabled artists, Creative Growth Art Center. As an artist who came of [...]
Faye Terry
Faye coordinates SF-based program enrollment, is the primary contact person for parents/students/partners in the Next Gen program, and helps support Youth Program Manager in facilitating Youth Programs orientations, field tripFayeTerrys, events, and showcases. She is the in-person point person for students/instructors during Next Gen programming. Faye joined BAVC Media in January of 2019, after completing a masters degree in Community Development & Planning with a concentration in Youth Development, and has since then remained on the path toward community development through the empowerment of young people through the art of storytelling. She is the Director of a Forest Preschool in [...]
Xiarel Guillermo-Cortes
Xiarel GC is a Youth Media Instructor at BAVC Media. They are an alumnus of the Bridges Live Fellowship (2023) and the Youth Media Making Summer Intensive (2020). Their focus is youth development, and they are responsible for teaching all aspects of live video production in Bay Area-based youth programs. While discovering an attraction to video editing and videography, Xiarel joined BAVC Media as a student in 2020. They later became a Producer, then a lead instructor for the Factory Live Video Production class (2022) and the Climate Warriors summer intensive (2023). Alongside their role as an instructor, Xiarel has [...]
Timoteo Flynn-Valadez
Timoteo Flynn-Valadez is the Program Tech Coordinator for BAVC Media, responsible for organizing equipment across departments, handling checkouts to students, staff and BAVC Media members as well as troubleshooting tech issues and finding thoughtful solutions to technical issues. Teo also teaches classes in video and audio production. Timoteo Flynn-Valadez is an SF State graduate with a degree in Broadcasting and Electronic Communication Arts. They have been a media maker in the Bay Area their whole life working in radio, podcasting, sound design, independent filmmaking, documentaries and commercial video production. Teo is also a passionate educator teaching multimedia audio and video [...]
Dawn D Valadez
Dawn D. Valadez is the Director of Workforce & Artist Development at BAVC Media. She is responsible for training young adults and people of all ages in media careers. Dawn co-directs national artistic programming such as the Media Maker Fellowship. Dawn Valadez is a second-generation Xicana, fiercely independent, disabled, queer filmmaker and artist. Along with the Colectiva Varina, their film Querida Fátima (in post) 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 loves road trips, creating art with friends, [...]
