SPRING 2023 SENIOR SHOWCASE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROGRAM 1 (12PM - 2PM)
M.A.T.H. (MIDDLE AMERICAN TOWN HIGH), THE SHOES!, LOVERS IN PURGATORY, HELPING A STRANGER, SNAP SHOT, STRUGGLER, DRUGS N' FOOD, LA BRUJA, STAMP OF LIFE, THE SILENT WINTER, ARI
PROGRAM 2 (2:30PM - 4:30PM)
REMISSION, THE UNKNOWN, PABLO AND MARCO, RULES OF BASEBALL CATCHING SMOKE, PARTICLE DIVIDE, DISSONANCE, CLOWNIN' AROUND, ROSI, CELLAR DOOR, ASTRAY
PROGRAM 3 (5PM - 7PM)
2222, SHE TOOK MY HEART, INFLUENCE, RED HAND, ANGEL ON HIGH, MOTHER, FOR THE HELL OF IT, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, THE SLEEPING VILLAGE, I WANT YOU TO LIVE
PROGRAM ONE
M.A.T.H. (MIDDLE AMERICAN TOWN HIGH)
THE SHOES!
LOVERS IN PURGATORY
HELPING A STRANGER
SNAP SHOT
STRUGGLER
DRUGS N' FOOD
LA BRUJA
STAMP OF LIFE
THE SILENT WINTER
ARI
M.A.T.H. (MIDDLE
AMERICAN TOWN HIGH)
FEELING LEFT BEHIND AS HE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL, DYLAN PUTS ON A PLAY WITH HIS FRIENDS TO KEEP THEM TOGETHER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
THE SHOES!
NOAH HUDSON
STELLA GRACE
JACEY CARPENTER
LOURDES RODRIGUEZ
FAISAL SHARAIHA
A SHOE STORE EMPLOYEE TRIES TO CONVINCE A COWORKER OF AN UNCONVENTIONAL ALIEN INVASION THREAT.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCERS
MALCOLM MONTEIRO
RUDY ROMERO,
CASAUNDRA MORA, PATRICIA GARCIA
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
ALEX NEGRITTO
MALCOLM MONTEIRO
LIAM THORNE
LOVERS IN PURGATORY
AFTER A COUPLE DIES, A YOUNG MAN SELLS HIS SOUL SO THAT HIS LOVE CAN GO TO PARADISE.
WRITER/DIRECTORS
NATHANIEL LERMA & PHOENIX SANCHEZMATA
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
NATHANIEL LERMA
TROY HILL
CLAIRE LEAVITT
CLAIRE LEAVITT
HELPING A STRANGER
A YOUNG HOMELESS MAN AND A RETIRED COP FORM A FATHER-AND-SON RELATIONSHIP, BUT NOT ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE GOOD.
WRITER/DIRECTOR PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
SPENCER JUDD
VIVIANA HEREDIA
GARY DALCIN
MEGAN NEIL
SPENCER JUDD,
MEGAN NEIL
SNAP SHOT
A FATHER SPEAKS WITH DEATH AT A BAR OVER THE WHEREABOUTS OF HIS MISSING SON, UNKNOWING OF HIS CHILD'S FATE.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
STRUGGLER
PHOENIX SANCHEZMATA
VIVIANA HEREDIA
PAIGE NICOLE, KITTY
KATZ
CLAIRE LEAVITT
HAFEEZ AHMEDMOMOH, GAVIN SONDRUP
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO RECOVER?
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
CHRIS CAMPBELL
RYAN ADOLPH
KITTY KATZ
KYLER KUSABA
KATHERINE POLONCAK
DRUGS N' FOOD
WHEN A FRY COOK AND HIS DRUG DEALER START A FOOD TRUCK, THE DEVIOUS DUO COOK UP SOME TROUBLE.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
SIMON SUMINSKI
RORY SIMS
SIMON SUMINSKI
SEBASTIAN MUNOZ
SIMON TAMURA
RORY SIMS
LA BRUJA
A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HOSTS A HOUSE PARTY, WHERE THEY SUMMON AN EVIL FORCE FROM A MEXICAN FOLKTALE WHO COMES TO HAUNT THEM ONE BY ONE.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
JULIO RAMIREZ
MARTINEZ
PRODUCER
JULIO RAMIREZ
MARTINEZ
CINEMATOGRAPHER
MONICA GAYTAN
INCHAURREGUI
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
CAMERON DECUNA
ROB SCHNEIDER
STAMP OF LIFE
AFTER RECEIVING POSSIBLE LIFE ALTERING NEWS FROM HER DOCTOR, JAMIE DECIDES TO DOCUMENT HER LIFE, CAUSING IRRITATIONS AT WORK.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
KEVIN ALEXANDER
KANAWATY
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
LAUREN BODE
MONICA GAYTAN
INCHAURREGUI
COLIN CURTIS
ALEJANDRO
HERNANDEZ, KATHERINE POLONCAK
THE SILENT WINTER
DURING NUCLEAR WINTER, TWO PEOPLE MUST LEARN TO SURVIVE TOGETHER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
ZACHARY OLIVER
RORY SIMS
MARCUS FERGUSON
JONATHAN
FARNSWORTH
KATHERINE POLONCAK
ARI
A YOUNG WOMAN STRUGGLES TO BALANCE THE EXTREME HIGHS AND LOWS OF HER MENTAL HEALTH.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
TIERNEY KEEGAN
VIVIANA HEREDIA
JASMIN MEZA TORRES
AIDAN GIORDANO
MATTHEW AHEARNE
PROGRAM TWO
REMISSION
THE UNKNOWN
PABLO AND MARCO
RULES OF BASEBALL
CATCHING SMOKE
PARTICLE DIVIDE
DISSONANCE
CLOWNIN' AROUND
ROSI
CELLAR DOOR
ASTRAY
REMISSION
A RECOVERING COCAINE ADDICT IS APPROACHING HIS FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF BEING CLEAN WHEN HE FINDS OUT THAT HIS REHAB GROUP HARVESTS ORGANS.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
JACK STREVELER
ETHAN CANTOR
SEBASTIAN MUNOZ
KATHERINE POLONCAK
JACK STREVELER
THE UNKNOWN
SLIM, AN EX CONVICT, IS POSSESSED BY AN EVIL SPIRIT AND MUST CLEAR HIS NAME FROM THE EVIL SPIRIT ACTS.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
LARRY SPIRES II
DAVID DEBRY
HALDANE HAMILTON
QUINN MORRIS
BRIAN NGUYEN
QUINN MORRIS
PABLO AND MARCO
PABLO AND MARCO'S FRIENDSHIP IS PUT TO A TEST WHEN THE TWO DISCOVER A BAG OF MONEY, A DEAD BODY AND 30 MINUTES TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR FRIENDSHIP FOREVER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
GABY BHASIN
CYNTHIA GRACIANO
ISAAC BARRIO JR.
ISHA NEWCOME
TREVOR KORN
RULES OF BASEBALL
A MAN IS GIVEN THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET A BEAUTIFUL STRANGER, AND LEARNS THAT BASEBALL RULES ALSO PERTAIN TO LIFE.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
LACEY CARAWAY
LACEY CARAWAY
ERIN RUD
JOYCE POON
JOSH FRIAS, LAURA
SANDOVAL
CATCHING SMOKE
A YOUNG ADULT STRUGGLES WITH GRIEF AND COPES WITH MARIJUANA, WHICH LETS HIM SEE A FAMILIAR FACE.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
MELINE GUERRERO
STELLA GRACE
BRANDON ROMAN
DAMIEN MADRID
KATHERINE POLONCAK
PARTICLE DIVIDE
A YOUNG RANCHER ENCOUNTERS A PARTICLE FROM OUTER SPACE THAT CHANGES HIS LIFE AND YOURS FOREVER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
ANDREW BAKER, JORDAN
BAKER
LAUREN BODE, BELLA
PROTACIO
MARCUS FERGUSON
CLAIRE LEAVITT, SHIVANGI
BHAKTA, MARCUS FERGUSON, ANDREW BAKER
KATHERINE POLONCAK
SOUND DESIGNER VFX
NATHANIEL HARDER, CAMI
GREGORY
SHYAM PANDYA, JONATHAN
FARNSWORTH, JADARIUS
CONN, JOSI ROBINSON
DISSONANCE
BLAMING HIMSELF FOR HIS FEELINGS OF INADEQUACY AND DISSATISFACTION WITH HIS CIRCUMSTANCES, WILLIAM TRAVELS INSIDE HIS OWN MIND IN ORDER TO CONFRONT HIS OWN SHORTCOMINGS AND COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE TWO DOMINANT HALVES OF HIS PERSONALITY.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
DYLAN TATE
YANHAN LIN
KEENAN CARTER
ANDREW FELIX
LOGAN FRANDSEN
HANKYUL KIM
CLOWNIN' AROUND
A DAY-IN-THE-LIFE OF AN AVERAGE PARTY CLOWN!
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
MORGAN CHESNA
RYAN ADOLPH
JULIET FALANCO
NICO STRUSE
TYLER BRUUN
CELLAR DOOR
A COLLEGE DROPOUT TURNED HIPPIE, FALLS IN LOVE WHILE HITCHHIKING.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
ASHLEE R. O'DONOHUE "BLUE"
CAROLINE MEHKI
JASMIN MEZA TORRES
NICO STRUSE AND AIDAN GIORDANO
AMEERAH WEBSTER, MORGAN PERCY-FINE, AND KATHERINE
VFX
POLONCAK
JOUNGWON KIM
ROSI
AN EXPLORATION OF A MOTHER DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG HISPANIC WOMAN AS SHE REFLECTS ON DAYS WITH HER MOTHER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
MONICA GAYTAN
INCHAURREGUI
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VIVIANA HEREDIA
JASMIN MEZA TORRES
MONICA GAYTAN
INCHAURREGUI
ALEJANDRO HERNANDEZ
ASTRAY
AT A LOSS FOR IDEAS WHILE DEVELOPING HIS MAGNUM OPUS, AN OBSESSIVE PAINTER MUST EITHER SUCCUMB TO HIS GUILT RELATED TO A FAMILY TRAGEDY OR GIVE IN TO ITS HORRIFIC INSPIRATION.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
ANDREW MERFELD
LAUREN BODE & GABRIEL
MOURA-CHAPMAN
MONICA GAYTAN
INCHAURREGUI
FAITH POPOV
KATHERINE POLONCAK
FAITH POPOV & JONATHAN FARNSWORTH
PROGRAM THREE
2222
SHE TOOK MY HEART INFLUENCE RED HAND
ANGEL ON HIGH MOTHER FOR THE HELL OF IT
NO QUESTIONS ASKED THE SLEEPING VILLAGE I WANT YOU TO LIVE
2222
200 YEARS FROM NOW, WATER HAS BECOME A RARE COMMODITY IN THIS NOW DESOLATE WORLD AND TWO SCAVENGERS MUST COLLECT SOME FOR THEIR CLAN OF SURVIVORS. WHAT ARE THEY WILLING TO DO FOR SURVIVAL?
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
ANDREW BONALDO
RORY SIMS
JALEN ROBINSON
COLIN CURTIS
COLIN CURTIS
SHE TOOK MY HEART
A YOUNG, CONSERVATIVE BUSINESSMAN, FINDS HIS WHOLE LIFE CHANGED FOR THE BETTER WHEN AN INDEPENDENT WOMAN REINTRODUCES THE BEAUTY OF LIFE TO HIM AFTER THEY DEVELOP AN ATTRACTION FOR EACH OTHER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
ZANDER HILL, ELIZABETH STEPHANS
ZANDER HILL
KEENAN CARTER
NATHAN LANE
KATHERINE POLONCAK
JADARIUS CONN
INFLUENCE
ROCK BOTTOM TEENAGER MEETS A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER, DRIVING INTO HIS NEW LIFE AS AN INFLUENCER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
JIAYU SHI
HANKYUL KIM
AARON CHOW
HANKYUL KIM
HANKYUL KIM
HANKYUL KIM
RED HAND
A NAVAJO GIRL EXPERIENCES HER OLDER SISTER'S DISAPPEARANCE BUT STANDS UP FOR MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
OCTAVIA ENDISCHEE
YANHAN LIN
MONICA GAYTAN
JADARIUS CONN
RYAN CAVE
JADARIUS CONN
ANGEL ON HIGH
A YOUNG WOMAN PONDERS THE INEVITABILITY OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME AFTER LOSING HER FATHER.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
AUBRIANNA REMLINGER
VIVIANA HEREDIA
ISABELLA ANDREWS
CAITLYN AMACK
AIDAN ZAHN
ARLEENE RODRIGUEZ
MOTHER
A HEADSTRONG TEENAGE GIRL AND HER MOTHER’S ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIP IS GIVEN A CHANCE FOR MENDING AFTER HER MOTHER WAKES UP ONE MORNING WITH A MIRACULOUS CHANGE.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
EDEN NOELLE
CHLOE RUDOLPH AND PATRICIA GARCIA
SIMON SUMINSKI
KAYLEE VANATTA
CAMBELLE GREGORY, GAVIN SONDRUP
FOR THE HELL OF IT
ZAC GREER EXPLORES HIS HARDSHIPS AS AN ARTIST AND HOW HIS EXPERIENCE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA HAS GOTTEN HIM WHERE HE IS TODAY.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
DASH MCDONALD
DASH MCDONALD
DASH MCDONALD
DASH MCDONALD
DASH MCDONALD
AND ZAC GREER
DASH MCDONALD
NO QUESTIONS ASKED
A YOUNG WOMAN TAKES A JOB AT A SEEDY MOTEL WITH A "NO QUESTIONS" POLICY.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
ASHTON SASSE
ASHTON SASSE, JAYLA
JOHNSON, JULIO
JUAREZ ALVAREZ, STELLA GRACE
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
VFX
JACEY CARPENTER
ALEX J. GREENBERG
KATHERINE POLONCAK
HANKYUL KIM
THE SLEEPING VILLAGE
A YOUNG MAN DISCOVERS AN ALL BLACK, SELF SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE WHILE JOURNEYING THROUGH A FOREST.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
JALEN ROBINSON
JALEN ROBINSON, VIVIANA HEREDIA, JASMIN MEZA
CINEMATOGRAPHER EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
JASMIN MEZA
JALEN ROBINSON
MATTHEW AHEARNE, RYAN YAZZEN
I WANT YOU TO LIVE
A VIETNAMESE AMERICAN TEENAGER AND HER STORY OF LOSS, GRIEF, AND RESILIENCE AFTER LOSING HER PARENTS. SHE FINDS HER MOTHER’S JOURNAL WHICH DETAILS THEIR FAMILY’S LIFE AS VIETNAM WAR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
PRODUCER
CINEMATOGRAPHER EDITOR
SOUND DESIGNER
MILLA NGUYEN
BRIAN NGUYEN AND
JULIO RAMIREZ
MARTINEZ
JULIET FALANCO
FAITH POPOV
CAMBELLE GREGORY
AWARDS
The ASU Senior Film Showcase is an exhibition of short films produced by graduating seniors that The Sidney Poitier New American Film School is proud to screen at the end of each semester. Though not a competitive program, there are recognitions that will conclude our evening’s festivities, following the film screenings.
F. MIGUEL VALENTI AWARD FOR ETHICAL FILMMAKING
NAMED FOR OUR PROGRAM’S FOUNDER AND THE FIRST LEADER OF OUR PRODUCTION PROGRAM AT ASU. AS A LINCOLN PROFESSOR OF ETHICS AND THE ARTS, PROFESSOR F. MIGUEL VALENTI CREATED THE FRAMEWORK OF OUR FILM PROGRAM WITH A FOCUS ON ETHICAL FILMMAKING PRACTICES. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO THE PROJECT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REPRESENTS ISSUES AND THEMES RELATED TO ETHICAL INQUIRIES, AND/OR COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT SUBJECT MATTER IN AN ETHICALLY RESPONSIBLE AND COMPELLING MANNER.
ZACH BOOHER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
THIS IS A FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTED TO A GRADUATING FILM AND MEDIA PRODUCTION MAJOR IN MEMORY OF ASU FILM ALUMNUS ZACH BOOHER, AN AVID MUSICIAN AND FILMMAKER WHOSE LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT IN A CAR ACCIDENT, AT THE AGE OF 22. ZACH’S PARENTS, JOANNA AND SCOTT BOOHER, AND HIS SISTER SAMANTHA, FOUNDED THE SCHOLARSHIP TO PROMOTE THE ART OF MUSIC AND FILM. GRADUATING FILMMAKERS THAT EMPLOY INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE USES OF ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR THEIR PROJECTS, OR PROJECTS ABOUT MUSIC AS ITS SUBJECT MATTER, ARE ALL ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP. CAPSTONE SEQUENCE INSTRUCTORS WILL NOMINATE THREE STUDENTS FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP. JURY MEMBERS WILL DECIDE THE AWARD RECIPIENT FROM THESE NOMINATIONS.
MARVISTA STRIDES TO INCLUSIVITY AWARD
SUPPORTED BY MARVISTA ENTERTAINMENT, THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES STUDENT WORK THAT BREAKS GENDER BARRIERS AND FULFILLS ARTISTIC VISIONS IN THE HOPES OF AN INCLUSIVE FUTURE WHERE ALL STORYTELLING PERSPECTIVES EXIST WITHIN THE FILM AND MEDIA INDUSTRY.
JURY AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING
AWARDED BY OUR SELECTION JURY TO THE FILM THAT OFFERS THE MOST ORIGINAL PRESENTATION AND EXECUTION IN TERMS OF NARRATIVE STRUCTURE, INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES, AND/OR A DISTINCT CINEMATIC STYLE.
DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR VISION AND VOICE
THE DIRECTOR OF THE SIDNEY POITIER NEW AMERICAN FILM SCHOOL BESTOWS THIS AWARD TO A GRADUATING SENIOR FILMMAKER WHO MOST EFFECTIVELY USES MEDIA TO CREATE ORIGINAL STORIES WITH UNIQUE PERSONAL STYLE AND TECHNIQUE.
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUAL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY, PRODUCING, DIRECTING, EDITING, VISUAL EFFECTS, SOUND DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN.
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCING ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING ACHIEVEMENT IN VFX ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION DESIGN
ASU acknowledges the twenty-two Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries Arizona State University’s four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary practices
ASU welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations
The Poitier Film School Faculty
Carla Lyndale Bishop, Assistant Professor
Greg Bernstein, Associate Professor
Max Bernstein, Coordinator of Access and Inclusion, Clinical Assistant Professor
Nita Blum, SAFE Set Coordinator, Clinical Assistant Professor
Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Founding Director, Professor of Practice
Janaki Cedanna, Clinical Assistant Professor
Adam Collis, Professor of Practice
Nonny de la Peña, Program Director, Professor of Practice
Paul DeNigris, Lecturer
Joseph Fortunato, Principal Lecturer
Gene Ganssle, Clinical Assistant Professor
C.A. Griffith, Associate Professor
Reina Higashitani, Assistant Professor
Cristina Ibarra, Associate Professor
Philip Klucsarits, Assistant Professor
Chris LaMont, Location Agreement Coordinator, Clinical Assistant Professor
Mary Matheson, Professor of Practice
Rodrigo Meirelles, Clinical Assistant Professor
Peter Murietta, Deputy Director, Professor of Practice
Eliciana Nascimento, Assistant Professor
Luiza Parvu, Assistant Professor
Nicholas Pilarski, Associate Professor
Alexander Rivera, Associate Professor
Jason Davids Scott, Associate Director of Curriculum, Associate Professor
Sharon Teo-Gooding, Associate Director of Operations, Professor
Andrés Torres-Vives, Program Director, Professor of Practice
Horacio Velasquez Melo, Clinical Assistant Professor
Faculty Associates
Adam Benavides, Michael Buckius, Christopher Chandler, Charlie Fink, Michael Greenwald, Brian Kohatsu, Bob Marquis, Corey O'Brien, Toma Peiu, A.R. Corwin, Ilana Rein, Rebecca Semik, Paul Skiera, Eric Sundt, Patrick Roddy
Staff and Administration
Taylor Blackmore, Communications Program Coordinator
Barry Bogovich, Program Coordinator Sr., Special Events
Annie Delamatta, Curriculum Coordinator Senior
Melissa Dickman, Manager
Leslie Elias-Volz, Assistant to the Director
Ben Gross, Specialist
Nathan Jean, Coordinator
Jet Olano, Learning Technology Specialist
Clyde Jose, Business Operations Specialist
Melissa Matteson, Production Manager
Jasmine Nungaray, Business Operations Specialist
Chalysse Standifird, Executive Administrative Support Specialist
Hilary van der Stroom, Business Operations Manager
April Corrales, Administrative Specialist
Sean Rodriguez, Specialist
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR HOSTS
Program 1: Jason Davids Scott & Eden Noelle Prieve
Program 2: Gene Ganssle & Ashlee “Blue” O'Donohue
Program 3: Jason Davids Scott & Izzy Andrews
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR JURY
Sharon Teo-Gooding, Joseph Fortunato, Mary Matheson, Nicholas Pilarski
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