Teresa Basilio Gaztambide is a native of Puerto Rico, who migrated to Florida with her family at the age of 7. She has been a proud Brooklyn resident since 1996.
She is the Senior Political Education Director at MediaJustice creating programming, curriculum and tools to advance our ability to understand and respond to the media and technology systems today. Prior to her work at MediaJustice, Teresa was the Deputy Director of the Resilient Communities Program at New America, where she ensured the successful completion of five neighborhood wireless networks built, maintained, and governed by local residents aimed at providing critical communications infrastructure for resiliency, emergency preparedness, and community organizing goals in flood-prone, hurricane Sandy impacted areas of New York City. As Co-Executive Director of Global Action Project (GAP), she provided executive leadership for nationally recognized social justice youth media organizations with a mission to work with young people most affected by injustice to build the knowledge, tools, and relationships needed for community power, cultural expression, and political change.
Teresa is also a filmmaker. She is currently working on her first feature documentary “Everybody Wants a Revolution,” tracing the history of the U.S. branch of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party through the lives of those who were radically changed through their participation. At the 2017 Allied Media Conference, she, Sofía Gallisá Muriente and Adela Nieves co-organized the Detroit – Puerto Rico Solidarity Exchange Network Gathering, which brought together 80 Detroit and Puerto Rican organizers and cultural workers committed to grassroots efforts rooted in self-determination to share narrative and organizing strategies, build relationships, and imagine a world where our people are free.