Claudia Sanchez, is a full-time LGBTQ activist and filmmaker based in Miami, Florida. Originally from Lima, Peru, Claudia emigrated to the United States at the age of 18 to study television production and broadcasting. After graduating she worked for several years for various broadcasting outlets and networks including, Telemundo and HBO, producing segments, live shows and news. She has dedicated the last six years of her life researching and living with the Trans Community in Latin America to create her directorial debut the documentary, TransMexico.
Claudia is currently working on a series that she will direct and produce to address the desperate social injustices facing working-class people around the world. Her goal is to utilize real-life stories of resilience and creativity to break social taboos and stigmas imposed by those who choose to ignore the very people without whose services they would not survive.