My name’s Lorenzo Serna(they/them) I’m a Chicanx queer journalist and creator who’s been on the frontlines of multiple international movements. I’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, I’ve created internationally recognized media– despite being shot at with rubber bullets, doused in pepper spray, and clouded with tear gas.
I co-founded an organization called Unicorn Riot, where I spent five years of my 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 I continue to work on decolonizing media and pushing oral story telling in live video productions through nonextractive media methods centered around consent.
I hold a Masters of Arts and a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Dakota where I studied creative writing and narrative construction.
Everyday I am 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