Melissa Beatriz (Skolnick-Noguera) is a documentary filmmaker, journalist, cultural producer, and researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of social justice, media arts/culture, and policy. She leads Actívate Stories, a collaborative that creates media for social change and engages in participatory and justice-oriented storytelling practices. She is also a co-founder of ¡Presente! Media, a Philadelphia-based collective that produces bilingual journalistic articles and documentaries.
She is a 2022 Al Día 40 Under 40 honoree, a 2020 Fellow of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) Leadership Institute, and a 2019 Leeway Transformation Awardee.
Founder/Director ACTIVATE STORIES
Grantee – Scribe Video Center PHILADELPHIA INDEPENDENT MEDIA FUND
Selected to the 2025 FLAHERTY FILM FELLOW
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COVID1619 Project Filmmaker