Cecilia Aldarondo  

Cecilia Aldarondo is an award-winning director, producer and writer from the Puerto Rican diaspora who works at the intersection of poetics and politics. She is known for her features MEMORIES OF A PENITENT HEART (2016), LANDFALL (2020), YOU WERE MY FIRST BOYFRIEND (2023), and DEAR MS: A REVOLUTION IN PRINT (2025). Her films have premiered at Tribeca and SXSW and broadcast on the award-winning PBS Series POV as well as HBO. Aldarondo has a PhD in Cultural Studies from the University of Minnesota, an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths College, an MA in Gender Studies from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and a BA in English from the University of Florida, and she teaches at Williams College. She is a member of the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (02/25)