Rebecca Blandón is a decorated Nicaraguan-American documentary filmmaker and visual journalist born and bred in the Bronx, now living in Brooklyn. She shoots, produces, and edits stories that make the invisible visible.
Blandón has created award-winning work for news organizations like Axios, PBS Frontline, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times. She’s also worked at production companies like Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), Radical Media, Left/Right, and Ark Media in New York.
Her independent films have screened at festivals, been exhibited at museums, and been sponsored by The Bronx Documentary Center, The Jacob Burns Film Center, Rooftop Films and the New York State Council on the Arts. She is a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, The Video Consortium, BIPOC Doc Editors, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Blandón received her Bachelor’s in Neuroscience from Brown University and her Master’s in Journalism from NYU.