Jon Ayon is a Mestizo (Comcáac/Pipil/Xicano/Salvadoreño) filmmaker from LA. In 2010, he made the Bay Area his home and earned a B.A. from San Francisco State University’s School of Cinema and an MFA in Documentary from Stanford University. His work has earned him recognition and support from Francis Ford and Roman Coppola, The Annenberg Foundation, SFFILM, NewFilmmakers LA, the Points North Institute, the International Documentary Association, Full Frame, Avenida TV, and Sundance. Ayon’s films highlight issues pertaining to the Mestize/Latine- “American” experience, such as broken Indigenous kinship systems, internalized colonialism, Ulysses syndrome, and generational trauma.