Life Escobar

Teaches at Be Social Change

By documenting the stories of activists, organizers, healers in movements for justice in over 25 countries, Life has seen first hand the role that storytelling plays in challenging oppressive systems and building movements for liberation. On a personal level, storytelling has been a central force in their healing from multiple forms of abuse and sexual violence. 

After growing up in a large Catholic family of ten kids, they studied photography and anthropology at NYU. After graduating in 2011, they launched their company to support organizations & activists in telling powerful stories that challenge oppressive systems, inspire action and catalyze movements. 

As a filmmaker, they’ve created emotional, story-driven videos for over 70 social movements, organizations, and individuals. Life is the author of The Starter Guide to Non-Profit Video Storytelling and has been a keynote speaker at TEDxNYU, Google, The Foundation Center, and NYU. Additionally, they have led workshops on storytelling & filmmaking in Palestine, Uganda, Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Tunisia and the United States. 

Life is obsessed with creating and producing stories that reveal the context of interlocking oppressive systems and that inspire people to remember our collective power to heal and transform those systems. They believe that stories plant seeds of possibility and create bridges between What Has Been and What Could Be.