Laura Bustillos Jáquez

Laura Bustillos Jáquez⠀is a documentary filmmaker and photographer from the border of Mexico and the United States. As a Transnational Woman of Color, she focuses on telling stories about immigration and social reconstruction movements within the U.S.-Mexico border and the world.
She is an Alumnus of The Laundromat Project in NYC, was 2019’s Distinguished Global Speaker on Immigration, Humanity, and Empowerment at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, participated in Creative Capital’s “Taller Profesional para Artistas”, was an invited lecturer of “Decolonizing our Identities” at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez as well as at ISMA in Cotonou, Benin, among other creative accomplishments as a Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, and more.
Laura graduated with a BA in Visual Journalism and a special recognition from Brooks Institute in Ventura, California. She then obtained a David Lynch MA in Film at Maharishi University in 2015. 
She is the founder of La Bú Productions and is currently based in New York City & Ciudad Juarez - El Paso (U.S.-Mexico Border).