Dawn D. Valadez

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Female

Also Known As Dawn Valadez

Dawn D. Valadez

Biography

Dawn Valadez is a queer, Xicana, filmmaker, social worker, artist, youth development specialist, resource wrangler, and impact strategist. Raised by her Mexican American single mother, she never planned on being a filmmaker. Her award-winning, ITVS funded, feature documentary (with Kristy Guevara-Flanagan), Going on 13, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Her media work focuses on race, class, education and coming of age in the 21st Century U.S.

Known For

Producer

2021
Fruits of Labor

as Producer

Director

2008
Going on 13

as Director