Meranda Yslas
Documentary Editor/ Latina
Meranda Yslas is an emerging documentary film editor with experience as a video journalist. She is currently assisting on two projects, one with Director Rebeca Huntt and the other with Director Rudy Valdez. She is also a current Karen Schmeer fellow.
Previously, she was an Associate Editor on SABBATH QUEEN, a feature documentary about a revolutionary queer Rabbi, who leads a god-optional, artist driven, and everybody friendly synagogue. Prior to that, she was an AE at CNN for its long-form documentary team and Gidalya Pictures.
Originally from Arizona, she is interested in immigration, Latin America, gender politics, and their intersections. As a bilingual Mexican-American storyteller, she loves the opportunity to work in both languages.
She obtained a BA in Journalism and Spanish Literature from New York University.