Meet Our 2024 BASS Team

Bay Area Student Shorts is a student-led Film Festival. We are proud to announce this year’s team…

  • Megan Young

    FESTIVAL COORDINATOR

    Megan (she/her) is majoring in Communications on the Media Maker track at Saint Mary’s College of California. A Cinematic Arts minor, Megan considers film to be “a beautiful collision of various art forms and passions of different people that work together to create a singular piece of art that can be consumed by everyone.” Her favorite movie is The Fantastic Mr.Fox.

  • Olivia Watkins

    OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

    Olivia (she/her) is majoring in Archaeology with a minor in History at Saint Mary’s College of California. Her favorite movie is the Sound of Music and she loves the ability of film to transport viewers into another world. Olivia wants BASS participants to feel empowered and motivated through the creative outlet of filmmaking!

  • Rylee Grace Cagle

    MARKETING COORDINATOR

    Rylee (she/her) is majoring in Design & Technical Theater and Art History with minors in Italian and Cinematic Arts at Saint Mary’s College of California. Rylee loves working in creative spaces and appreciates art’s ability to reflect the soul. Her favorite movie is When Harry Met Sally.

  • Natalie Seidel

    ASSOCIATE MARKETING COORDINATOR

    Natalie (she/her) is majoring in Psychology with a concentration in Clinical/Counseling and a minor in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College of California. Her favorite thing about film is how music and writing come together to create something so out of this world, but also something so very human. Her favorite movie is The Hunger Games.

  • Zaniyyah Johnson

    ASSOCIATE FESTIVAL COORDINATOR

    Zaniyyah (she/her) is a Communications major at Saint Mary’s College of California. Zaniyyah appreciates how film enourages empathy and exploration in unlikely places. Look no further than her favorite film: Jordan Peele’s Get Out!

  • Clarice Reinwald

    ASSOCIATE PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR

    Clarice (they/she) is a Biochemistry major at Saint Mary’s College of California. Clarice loves the way that audio affects the emotional impact of film and their favorite film is Hereditary.