Monika Navarro Producer

Monika Navarro is an Emmy-nominated independent filmmaker, an EP for In the Making, a documentary series from Firelight Media and American Masters, and the Director of Firelight Media’s William Greaves Production Fund. 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 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.