In the age of digital storytelling, who gets the microphone-and who is left unheard? This session highlights a transformative, community-based approach to audiovisual training and
media justice, rooted in the Loop Lab's work in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Led in both Spanish and English, this session shares how The Loop Lab empowers young adults from underrepresented communities through an inclusive 16-week bilingual media and AV apprenticeship program. Our model blends hands-on training, job placement, and ethical
storytelling-all with a commitment to cultural dignity. We'll explore how this model could be localized across Latin America: where community media, grassroots creatives, and emerging AV professionals are redefining who gets to shape the narrative. Participants will engage with real-life success stories, receive a free bilingual toolkit to launch their own low-cost media training pathway, and leave inspired to build creative economies rooted in justice. This presentation centers the creative brilliance of Latinx, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant youth-and invest you to invest in the signal of their future.