Team

  • Natalie Conneely

    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 has produced commercial, narrative and documentary films since 2009.

    In 2019, she launched Pachamama Sabia to promote indigenous storytelling for social impact. When not guiding impactful stories, she’s found exploring California’s national parks with her partner and their two dogs.

  • Harold Cespedes

    Intuitive Producer

    Harold is an intuitive producer and director based in Bolivia. He produced Søren, Wiñay and El Silencio del Deseo. 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” in La Paz, Bolivia.

  • Angela Sheehan

    Program Director

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

    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.

  • Deyamire Costillas

    Program Assistant

    Deyamire Costillas Flores is a Bolivian project leader and Biomedical Engineering student at the Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo. She brings a strategic, ethically grounded perspective to Pachamama Sabia, contributing clarity, structure, and critical insight to impact-driven initiatives. Her work is guided by responsibility, long-term vision, and a commitment to aligning storytelling with meaningful and socially conscious action.