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Jessica Valdez
- Location:
- Germany, Mexico
- Languages:
- English, German
- Issues:
- Climate Change, LGBTQIA+, Education, Racial Injustice, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Economic Injustice, Women and Girls, Aging, Gender violence , Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Impact Producing, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Crafting Classroom Materials, Designing impact guides, Mentorship
- Cultural/racial identity:
- mestiza, person of color, Mexican immigrant in Germany, Latina
- Self identification:
- she/her
Bio
Coming from a background of international business and industrial engineering, Jessica Valdez is a co-founder of Red Leaves Films, a filmmaking company and a collective artistic platform approaching the intertwined struggles for social equity and environmental justice through filmmaking, reclaiming narratives and public programming. She has a feminist and anti-colonial perspective in her work. In Germany, she has been a community organizer in the immigrant rights movement, particularly in regards to access to education and freedom of movement.
