Lorenzo Serna(they/them) is a Chicane queer journalist, documentarian and creator who’s been on the frontlines of multiple international movements. They’ve organized process and media assets in rural conflict zones and helped coordinate media efforts around massive mobilizations by creating horizontal workflows, and non-hierarchal methods of content creation.
From the streets of New York City to the rural plains of Standing Rock, they’ve created internationally recognized media–despite being shot at with rubber bullets, doused in pepper spray, and clouded with tear gas.
Co founder of an organization called Unicorn Riot, where they spent five years of their professional media career sharing and teaching front-line live video process, workflows, and the importance of centering frontline voices.
Now, the Director of Tactical Media at the NDN Collective they continue to work on decolonizing media and pushing oral story telling in live video productions through nonextractive media methods centered around consent.
They hold a Masters of Arts and a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Dakota where they studied creative writing and narrative construction.
“Everyday I’m thankful for the people who came before me and fought for me, many whose names I will never know. I hold that knowing in my actions and decisions in hope to only leave a better world for the next generations. None of my life would be possible without you.”
Thank you.
Viva la Raza
Viva-Viva,
Lorenzo Serna