Nava worked for 8 years in the fields of anti-violence, healing justice, and political education. She is an editor of the forthcoming anthology Paradise on the Margins: Worldmaking by Trans Women of Color. She is available for creative consulting, panel discussions, and public speaking engagements.
Recent engagements:
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino - Equity and Representation in Entertainment panel for 2022 Young Ambassadors Program with Debbie Perez and Linedy Genao - Washington, DC
Colorado State University - Trans Day of Visibility keynote address - Denver, CO
Red Ventures Pride Month - keynote address on auditioning as a metaphor for adaptability in resistance to homophobia and transphobia - Fort Mill, SC
Northwestern University Pritzker Pucker Studio Lab - Media Production Cultures and Mental Health panel with Sowjanya Kudva and Debra Tolchinsky
Elon University - How to Build an Inclusive Culture in Media Production panel with Kristal Sotomayor - Elon, NC
Buzzfeed - Trans Awareness Week internal panel for all staff with Raven Two Feathers and Josslyn Glenn
Outfest OutMuseum - Chosen: An Acting Roundtable - Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going with Jen Richards, Scott Turner Schofield, Jazzmun, and Alex Schmider
Mill Valley Film Festival 2021 - Radical Acts of Filmmaking panel with Sam Feder, Theresa Ikoko, Shasha Nakhai, and Lucy Mukerjee
ATX TV Festival 2021 - Guess Who’s Laughing Now panel with Jesse Leigh, Rain Valdez, Armand Fields, and Alex Schmider
Compton’s Transgender Cultural District - State of Transgender Visibility: Hollywood panel with Raquel Willis, TS Madison, Amiyah Scott, Zoey Luna, and Ian Harvie
Outfest LA 2020: Trans & Non-Binary Summit - The Power of Imagination: Storytelling as Liberation panel with Bamby Salcedo, Scott Turner Schofield, Blossom C. Brown, Shéár Avory, and Nathan Blue
GLAAD & Inside Out LGBTQ Finance Forum - Telling Our Stories Authentically panel with Luis De Filippis, Chase Joynt, and Nick Adams - Toronto, ON
Reel Out Opening Reception - keynote address on media representation in relation to violence and discrimination faced by trans people - Charlotte, NC
IDA Getting Real ‘20 - Disclosure: A Case Study in Embedding Representation and Prioritizing Access in All Stages of Production panel with Sam Feder, Amy Scholder, and Ava Benjamin-Schorr
Encuentro 2019: Reconstructing Our Health - Latinx Electricity: Digital Storytelling Networks and Going Viral plenary panel with Latinos in the Deep South - Atlanta, GA
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - Artist to Artist conversation with Aria Sa’id about personal safety and cultural production by trans women of color - San Francisco, CA
Dissolve 2 Evolve Summit 2020 - Where Are We Now? panel with Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Linda Yvette Chávez, DeLanna Studi, and Taylor K. Shaw
Sprint Movement 3rd Anniversary Series - Building Creative Community & Producing Your Own Work conversation with Nana Duffuor and the makers of short film Joyride - Oakland, CA
Empowering Women of Color Conference - Making Time for Me workshop on self-care for queer women of color co-facilitated with Nefertiti Asanti - Berkeley, CA
For booking and potential collaborations, please use the submission form on the Contact page.