Martha Diaz (New York) Photo courtesy Martha Diaz Educator and filmmaker, Martha Diaz, is a visionary with a decade of media production experience. Martha's intuition for success can be traced back to her early days as assistant to the late Ted Demme, the groundbreaking producer/director of "Yo! MTV Raps". After working many years as a freelancer, Martha formed Akasha Entertainment, a production and consulting company providing a alternative approach for advertising, marketing, and filmmaking. Some of her clients have included Japanese Ad Agency, Hakuhodo, GTM, Soul Underground and Americans For The Arts. In her quest to merge Hip-Hop culture and education, Martha began shooting what was then, H2O, an "edutainment" digital video series, chronicling the history and multiple elements of hip-hop culture and its global impact. Realizing that there was a need to encourage intelligent and creative Hip-Hop films and a demand to provide a platform for the filmmakers, Martha created what is now, The H2O Film Festival. Martha has a BA from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Communications with a minor in TV and Film Production. Currently, she is a NY Teaching Fellow and is working towards her Masters Degree in Literacy at the City College of New York. Link: http://www.h2oiff.org/ More Bios: Marinieves Alba | Ang 13 | Shaheen Ariefidien | Max Benitez | James Bernard | Toni Blackman | Triple Blak | Jeff Chang | Kevin Coval | Jonzi D | Mos Def | Martha Diaz | Jessica Green | James "Casper" Jankowiak | Talib Kweli | Bakari Kitwana | M1 | Boogie McClarin | Ivor Miller | Marcyliena Morgan | David Muhammad | Yunus Rafiq | Dr. Raquel Z. Rivera | Livio Sansone | Clyde Valentine | Cristina Verán | Zephyr