Dacia Saenz

Dacia Sáenz is a digital content creator, communications strategist, and storyteller from Austin, Texas where she worked in television and documentary productions for CNBC, PBS, and the Sundance Foundation. During her three years in Seattle, Dacia has earned her Masters of Communication in Digital Media from the University of Washington, debuted two short films at the 2012 and 2013 Seattle International Film Festivals, and taken home the Audience Choice Award at the Seattle Center's Next Fifty film festival. Back from filming in Thailand and El Salvador, she is currently in post-production working on social justice centered multi-media projects for the Seattle Globalist and the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights. Dacia has also spent the last year mentoring creative youth for Seattle based media organizations, Reel Grrls, Reel Queer Youth, and Seattle Globalist Youth. In her free time, she enjoys nothing more than playing Skee-Ball and groovin' on the bass in her This American Life tribute band, Ira's Glasses.
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Cost of Gender: Transgender Americans seek healthcare in Thailand

by Dacia Saenz
The Cost of Gender shares the stories of transgender Americans faced with health care discrimination at home, who look to Thailand for better options.
Apr 3, 2014
An elder Salvadoran man who survived the armed conflict is preparing a poster memorializing slain family members for the annual “Encuentro de Victimas” (Meeting of Victims) in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo by Alex Montalvo)

Seattleites renew fight for justice in El Salvador’s dirty wars

by Dacia Saenz
In the Eighties, Seattle was a hub for resistance to U.S. funded human rights abuses in Central America. With new hope for justice in El Salvador, some locals are back at it. 
Dec 10, 2013

Healthcare and LGBTQ debates collide in trans medical tourism

by Dacia Saenz
The Seattle Globalist is launching a new multimedia project on transgender health care in the U.S. and why Americans are traveling to places like Thailand for more affordable options. The project, called “The Cost of Gender” hits at the core of two of the most heated debates in the US: health care and LGBTQ rights.  
Aug 29, 2012