“When we get, give. When you learn, teach.” – Dr. Maya Angelou

TEACHING & MENTORSHIP
Anayansi has served as mentor and educator for various aspects of documentary film production and photography to children, teenagers and adults including college students, in 5 continents around the world.
Her introduction into the teaching world began in 2009 when Anayansi was invited to be a Film Expert for American Film Showcase, a film diplomacy program established by the State Department and run by The USC Film School. Since, and until the present time, she's taught documentary filmmaking workshops to emerging and established filmmakers all over the world including Venezuela, China, Jordan, Mozambique, Burma, Angola, Nicaragua, France, Colombia, Peru, Bosnia, Singapore, Panama, Honduras, Italy, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Paraguay. She’s taught workshops on Documentary Story Development, Grant Writing, Production, Directing, Editing and Distribution and Outreach.
In 2015, Anayansi was a visiting professor at Chapman University’s Film School where she taught Investigative Documentary Production. In 2016, she taught Spanish Media Production at Cal State Northridge’s Journalism School; as well as Documentary Production in Paris, France at the École de la Cité Film School, founded by Luc Besson.
TEACHING & MENTORSHIP
Anayansi has served as mentor and educator for various aspects of documentary film production and photography to children, teenagers and adults including college students, in 5 continents around the world.
Her introduction into the teaching world began in 2009 when Anayansi was invited to be a Film Expert for American Film Showcase, a film diplomacy program established by the State Department and run by The USC Film School. Since, and until the present time, she's taught documentary filmmaking workshops to emerging and established filmmakers all over the world including Venezuela, China, Jordan, Mozambique, Burma, Angola, Nicaragua, France, Colombia, Peru, Bosnia, Singapore, Panama, Honduras, Italy, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Paraguay. She’s taught workshops on Documentary Story Development, Grant Writing, Production, Directing, Editing and Distribution and Outreach.
In 2015, Anayansi was a visiting professor at Chapman University’s Film School where she taught Investigative Documentary Production. In 2016, she taught Spanish Media Production at Cal State Northridge’s Journalism School; as well as Documentary Production in Paris, France at the École de la Cité Film School, founded by Luc Besson.

In 2017, Prado was a visiting professor at UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television Graduate Program where she taught Advanced Documentary Directing. She also served as a mentor to graduate students during the production of Waterschool, the first documentary produced by UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. Anayansi was also a Lead Creative Mentor for Film Independent's Documentary Lab and a Creative Mentor for their Global Media Makers Program. She is currently a mentor for the Firelight Media Documentary Lab and the Sisters in Cinema Fellowship Program.
From 2008 to 2018, Anayansi ran her own non-profit, Impacto Project, with the mission to bring visual arts training and media literacy to youth living in remote areas of developing countries. Various Impacto Project programs took place around the world including a photography workshop at an orphanage for deaf children in Yangon, Burma; a documentary workshop and screening at a farming community in the mountains of Arequipa, Peru; photography classes in the predominately indigenous island of Bocas del Toro, Panama; and a documentary production retreat for young female community leaders in the mountain community of Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
From 2008 to 2018, Anayansi ran her own non-profit, Impacto Project, with the mission to bring visual arts training and media literacy to youth living in remote areas of developing countries. Various Impacto Project programs took place around the world including a photography workshop at an orphanage for deaf children in Yangon, Burma; a documentary workshop and screening at a farming community in the mountains of Arequipa, Peru; photography classes in the predominately indigenous island of Bocas del Toro, Panama; and a documentary production retreat for young female community leaders in the mountain community of Matagalpa, Nicaragua.
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