Creator/Director for TBIB
Bronx, New York native, Leyla Tatiana Rosario attains a Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Television from New York University - Tisch School of the Arts, and an Associates Degree in Visual Communications from the Katharine Gibbs School.
Leyla has the honor of creating, directing, and producing video content for The Bronx is Building. Some of her additional works include “Hidden Shadows”, a documentary about an elite vampire society in New York, commercial spec for Doritos Crash the Super Bowl, and music video for New York artist JahofYork. In 2009, Leyla had her first international solo exhibition at the Melkweg Gallery (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) for a photo series titled: The JUMP Project - www.thejumpproject.com
Check out her websites: www.vimeo.com/leylarosario and www.LTRphoto.com
Producer/Writer for TBIB
Christen Marquez began her career in filmmaking when the first short video she made in high school was selected for screening at the Sundance Film Festival’s Gen-Y studio. Encouraged and excited by the experience, she went on to complete her BFA in Film and TV Production at NYU Tisch. During school she supported herself as a freelance camera assistant on music videos, independent features, commercials, and a lot of Reality TV. Her experiences working in Reality TV gave her the opportunity to see how large productions used spontaneous events to construct dramatic stories. Christen took these techniques, fused them with her own passion for documentary film, and began her own production company Paradocs Productions. This past summer she worked with the Puyallup Tribe in Washington State to create a 20-minute documentary on the yearly tribal canoe journey with Longhouse Media. She also produces and directs short news and lifestyle videos for VIMBY.com and Los Angeles I AM; while working on her first hour-long documentary for PBS Hawaii and CPB called - "Haku Inoa: To Weave A Name". This is being produced with support from The Ford Foundation, Pacific Islanders in Communications, Minority Media Consortia, and Reel Grrls. Check out her websites: www.paradocsproductions.com and www.paradocsproductions.blogspot.com
Researcher/Tech Guru for TBIB
Christopher Dadap contributes his years of technical experience to TBIB.
