Team

Executive Director

Natalie Conneely is an award-winning Bolivian actor, producer, and environmental activist. With a background in Political Science and Film/TV/Theater from the University of Notre Dame, she launched her career with CNN International in London and Abu Dhabi. Natalie is producing and co-directing the documentary Selva Adentro (Jungle Inside), a project that earned her a NALIP Latino Media Market Fellowship. She has produced narrative and documentary short and feature films since 2013.

In 2019, she launched Pachamama Sabia to promote indigenous storytelling for impact. When not guiding impactful stories, she’s found in nature alongside her husky dingo Savannah.

Producer

Maria Alejandra Guerrero Rocca is an Award Winning Filmmaker (Vamos 2019) and Shortlisted for the Academy Award Oscars, Best International Picture (Libertador 2015).

She is a Latin-American TV & Film Creative Executive based in Oaxaca. Founder of GodartStudio, a premium boutique of audiovisual content & Creator of Two Serious Ladies, a duo of storytellers who have focused their writing as a force for social change, with emphasis on the representation of women’s voices and stories.

Intuitive Producer

Harold has directed several documentaries in Bolivia and Peru. He produced Søren ”by Juan Carlos Valdivia,“ Wiñay ” by Alvaro Olmos and “El Silencio del deseo” by Cesar Perez. He’s given talks on “Ayni", a collaborative proposal for the development of audiovisual projects, at the University of Alabama’s Native American Heritage event in 2017.

He studied documentary at DOCUPERU and later, received the “Beatriz Palacios scholarship”, which allowed him to conclude his cinematography studies at the “Andean School of Cinematography” (La Paz-Bolivia), directed by Jorge Sanjinés, member of the Ukamau Group.

Program Director

Angela Sheehan is a Colombian-Bolivian industrial artist, photographer, educator, and program director. She combines her extensive experience in the creative arts with design and humanitarian initiatives to foster meaningful change.

As the Program Director at Pachamama Sabia, Angela bridges storytelling and action by aligning community programs with the organization’s films to drive lasting impact.

Angela earned her BA in Communication with a minor in English from Marymount University and went on to receive a Master's Degree in Industrial Design with an emphasis on humanitarian design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.