Production Team 

 Alexandra Rose | IMDB

​Alex Rose is known for her stellar filmmaking background, which includes being nominated for producing the Academy Award-winning film Norma Rae. She is also distinguished by her many television and film production accomplishments,  including five films in collaboration with director Garry Marshall. Her feature film credits comprise critically acclaimed Frankie & Johnny, Overboard, The Other Sister, Quigley Down Under, Nothing in Common, Exit to Eden, Big Wednesday, Drive-In, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand. Alex has also produced three television pilots and series: Just Us Kids for CBS, Norma Rae, and Nothing in Common for NBC.

​Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz | IMDB

​Priscilla is an independent film producer and writer. She earned her Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University, where she was awarded a fellowship and Stanford Arts grant. Her films have screened at festivals across the country, and her thesis film "Room 140" was nominated for the IDA Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award. Prior to graduate school, Priscilla worked with various film festivals and artist development organizations, including Sundance’s Feature Film Program, the Writer’s Guild Diversity Department, and the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. She now works in documentary film production at Chapman University. 

 ​Heather Flores | ​IMDB
 
Heather is predominantly known for her advocacy in the arts as a producer of anthropological documentaries.  Her work is based on her research during her undergrad at UCLA and her studies in East Africa, focusing on cultural and religious ideologies with a concentration on the African Diaspora. Her work also includes studies of the cultural impact that Chicano art has imprinted in Los Angeles. Her first break into the industry was given by Richard Duardo and Cheech Marin, in which she produced her first feature film The Chicano Collection, which has now become a staple in the department of Chicano Studies  in Universities worldwide.  

​Derrlnda Van Der Linden

Derrinda Van Der Linden's background is in Mass Communications in Journalism, which provided a natural transition into social media. Derrinda is very honored to be part of  the production team for the 26 Seconds documentary. She says, "The horrific issue of global sex trafficking desperately needs awareness created through social media because this epidemic is growing day by day, minute by minute.  The more we investigate, the more we learn about the economic and social conditions that help facilitate such atrocities. I believe there is no better way to help bring awareness and a call to action than through social media."