Alicia Rice is a documentary filmmaker and visual artist that looks to redefine ideas of what it means to be an educator. She’s created films on a range of topics, including: fair trade coffee, occupational scavenging, a children’s home for Burmese refugees, homelessness, puppets, process-based photography, and play-based education. Her most recent film When Kids Meet a Creature has played for audiences around the world.
Alicia holds a B.A. in Communication with an emphasis in Video Production from Santa Clara University and an M.F.A. in Social Documentation from UC Santa Cruz. Additionally, she has worked for an alternative education group in Thailand and with the exhibits department of the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. She recently taught film to elementary and middle school students with Youth Cinema Project. Currently, she works as an Associate DIgital Producer for PBS Utah.