Monika Navarro

Monika Navarro is an independent documentary filmmaker and the Senior Director of Artist Programs at Firelight Media, a non-profit supporting non-fiction filmmakers of color. Monika previously was Senior Director of Programs at Tribeca Film Institute, and managed content and funding initiatives at the Independent Television Service (ITVS). Monika has more than a decade of experience producing for public media, from directing her debut film Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas), which chronicled the journey of her uncle, a U.S. military veteran deported to Mexico, and bowed on Independent Lens, to producing for World Channel, American Documentary, the Peabody-award winning PBS series Latino Americans, and most recently Love In The Time Of Fentanyl (Independent Lens). Monika has served as a mentor for 4th World, Big Sky, Blackstar, CAAM, and the Points North Institute; as a juror for Blackstar and Hot Docs; and serves on the board of the Points North Institute.