Bio
Born in the Dominican Republic, MaryAnn Talavera is an award-winning creative technologist, filmmaker, and educator with a love for storytelling. MaryAnn is the Assistant Director of the Martin Scorsese Center for Virtual Production at NYU Tisch, teaches XR world-building at the New School and is a Black Public Media (BMP) Plus Fellow. She was an Artist-in-Residence at Barnard College’s Movement Lab. In 2023, she joined the Future of Storytelling Explorer's Club and became a member at Onassis ONX Studio. MaryAnn studied XR and virtual production in the Interactive Telecommunications Program...
