Iliana Sosa

Angie Reza Tures has worked in independent film since 2003 after graduating from the University of San Francisco with a B.A. in Media Studies and minor in Music. For twelve years, she worked as an independent doc producer, director, and editor in the Bay Area working with award-winning documentary filmmakers. In 2023, she spoke on behalf of Femme Frontera at TEDxElPaso. The same year, she also served as a SXSW juror for the Texas Shorts program. In 2023, she will complete her first narrative script.

Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.