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An artist and transmedia filmmaker of Ecuadorian and Chinese descent, Marisa Morán Jahn’s works redistribute power, “exemplifying the possibilities of art as social practice” (ArtForum). Codesigned with immigrants and working families, Jahn's key projects include Bibliobandido (a story-eating bandit), Video Slink Uganda (experimental films slipped or “slinked” into bootleg cinemas), Contratados (a Yelp! for migrant workers), and CareForce, a project that amplifies the voices of America’s fastest growing workforce, caregivers, through two mobile studios (NannyVan, CareForce One), an app for domestic workers named by CNN as “one of 5 apps to change the world,” and a PBS/ITVS film series. With architect Rafi Segal and developer Ernst Valery, Jahn is co-founding Carehaus, the U.S.’ first care-based co-housing building whose first site opens in Baltimore in 2023. Jahn’s works have been presented at Obama’s White House, The United Nations, Museum of Modern Art, Tribeca Film Festival, The New Museum, Art Brussels, Creative Time Summit, and a collaborating artist with Rafi Segal and Sarah Williams at the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, BBC, Hyperallergic, and more. She is an Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Design program at The New School. She has also taught at Columbia University, and across departments at her alma mater, MIT, where she is a Visiting Artist. Jahn is a 2021-2022 Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program Fellow.