Ramón Villa- Hernández
About
Ramón (producer) has produced/directed short films for web-series; Only in El Paso, part of PBS Digital Studios and local PBS affiliate KCOS-13. His films explore topics such as identity, cultura, and the paranormal. In 2016, he started teaching digital media production at the University of Texas at El Paso. Local arts organization, MCAD, has awarded Ramón funds to offer filmmaking workshops in low-income housing communities. In 2018, MCAD awarded his short film; Juana Doe, production funds and the Austin Film Society awarded it post-production funds.
Disrupted Borders
Wendy (16), maker and aspiring engineer, tinkers using parts from discarded electronics to innovate 3D printed prostheses for her best friend Shelly (15), who has double limb deficiencies. This Mexican-American tech disruptor reinvents cultural and gender norms in a turbulent backdrop of the border, currently healing from a horrific racially-motivated domestic terrorist attack.