Born in Miami to a small Cuban family, Joyzel is a Webby-nominated filmmaker and USC George Lucas Fellow who tells emotionally layered stories about Latino immigrants, family dynamics, displacement, and memory.

After forging her reluctant mother's signature to study at Amherst College on a full-ride scholarship, Joyzel explored the intergenerational struggles she experienced at home through short experimental student films, earning her BA in Film & Media Studies. After graduation, she worked in documentary and media as a producer, director, and editor before pursuing an MFA at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she was selected as the Television Academy Foundation's 2024 Directing Fellow and a Writers Guild of America East Scholar.

Most recently, she completed her thesis film, Nena, which follows a young woman in Miami as she grapples with her conflicting identities as a mother, daughter, and queer partner.