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.