Video Producer. Journalist.
The Guardian: America’s Dirty Divide
America’s Dirty Divide
A series examining the country's vast environmental inequalities and how climate change will make things worse. In collaboration with Nexus Media News, I reported and produced stories examining environmental injustices by way of on water inequality, lead poisoning, liquid natural gas and natural disaster.
2022-2023: Producer, Associate Producer
The Intercept: Hasta la ultíma gota
In Chile, Even Water Is Privatized. The New Constitution Would Change That.
In 1980, the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet replaced Chile’s constitution with a new charter employing the principles of famed American free-market economist Milton Friedman. Forty years later the dictatorship is gone, but the constitution — and a key provision called the National Water Code that privatized Chile’s vast natural water supply — is still in effect.
In 2022, Chileans drafted a new constitution that could vastly change water rights in the country. The short film “Hasta la última gota,” or “Until the Last Drop,” follows the fight for water in Petorca province, the epicenter of Chile’s mega-drought, and a hotly contested area within the constitutional debate.
Hasta la última gota was part of the Official Selection at Mill Valley Film Festival, Banff Mountain Film Festival, and SF Green Film Festival.
August 2022. Produced by Ben Derico & Jocelyn Tabancay Duffy. Directed by Ben Derico
PBS: Facing Down the Fossils
Facing Down the Fossils Series
The United States Gulf Coast is a place where two worlds collide. The first is a diverse, vibrant, unique and thriving set of communities that have made the region home for generations — some of which predate written history. The second is a powerful wave of multinational corporations — among the wealthiest in human history — that see the region's air, land, water and ecosystems as commodities to exploit for profit. This is a 4-part series produced in collaboration with PBS/WNET and Nexus Media News.
June 2023: Associate Producer, DP
PBS: Phantom Threat
Phantom Threat Series
Phantom Threat is a PBS series about the role of the “natural” gas industry in shaping public perception of the fuel, as well as the work of frontline communities, climate leaders and scientists to uncover the truth about its risks. It features activists working to expose the negative climate, environmental and health impacts of gas throughout its entire lifecycle––from its extraction from the ground to its use in producing plastic to its consumption in homes. This is a 4-part series produced in collaboration with PBS/WNET and Nexus Media News.
March 2024: Associate Producer
NBC: Bayanihan & Resilience
Bayanihan & Resilience
Penny Baldado, a queer Filipino immigrant and proud owner of Café Gabriela, makes it through the COVID-19 pandemic by giving back to Oakland.
Bayanihan & Resilience was featured on NBC’s Asian Pacific America and screened at Frameline Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival, Long Beach Q Film Festival, and Bay Area Shorts Film Festival.
December 2021. Produced & Directed