Estefania Chavez is a South Bronx-born Dominican-American filmmaker, storyteller, and community builder. The youngest of four sisters, she grew up in a household where every voice had to fight to be heard, a lesson she channels into every story she tells. Her films and experiences illuminate diasporic identity, capturing the raw emotion, resilience, and beauty of communities too often overlooked.

At TelevisaUnivision, Estefania transforms production into purpose. She has produced local news for over 40,000 Bronx viewers, and developed educational programming at BronxNet TV during the pandemic, ensuring students and families had access to culturally meaningful content when it mattered most. Her work consistently turns storytelling into real-world impact.

Her films (spanning documentary, experimental, and narrative forms) have been showcased at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx Documentary Center, galleries, festivals, and on television. Known for her use of vibrant color, layered sound, and compelling visuals, she captures moments that reveal the emotional heartbeat of her communities: their struggles, triumphs, and enduring hope.

Beyond the camera, Estefania invests in the next generation. She has designed workshops and curricula for En Foco, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Bronx Children’s Museum, and the Educational Video Center, empowering historically underrepresented voices to tell their stories with confidence, authenticity, and pride.

Her work has earned a 2022 BRIO Award from the Bronx Council on the Arts, a 2021 Best Documentary Award from the Mott Haven Film Festival, and a 2019 SU-CASA Artist-in-Residence Fellowship. Yet for Estefania, success is measured in the communities she serves and the stories she helps bring to life.

For her, filmmaking is more than a final cut. It’s about honoring where we come from, lifting voices too often ignored, and daring to imagine what the world could be if every story mattered.

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