Reel Stories

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 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 [...]