Catherine Herrera is a San Francisco-based filmmaker, photographer, artist and writer of Native Californian, Latina and European American descent who became disabled after a needle aspiration injury during a blood draw. The resulting disability shifted Catherine’s practice to add installation & public art. In 2023, Catherine was selected an Unlock Her Potential Mentee in Documentary Filmmaking, and her documentary film/project Martins Beach has received a Puffin Foundation filmmaking grant, a Creative Corp – 18th Street Arts Center Fellow, and selections from her photography were selected for ‘Landscapes of Survivance: Contemporary Native American Photography’ from September-18- October 27, 2023 at the Art & Art History Gallery, Santa Clara University.’

Education:
I studied filmmaking through Sundance Collab, the University of Southern California, courses in filmmaking & art, Production training through Bay Area Video Coalition, photography through self-learning, supplemented with courses through Centro de la Imagen while working on assignment as a photojournalist in Mexico City.

I am a self-taught in drawing, painting and sculpture.

Teaching Experience:

• Before COVID, I had interviewed and began talks for beginning teaching the Spirit Doll workshop for a S.F. Arts organization that continues to remain close as of September 09, 2020.
• Unversity High School