Cuentero Productions (Oakland, CA) | Founder & Creative Director
2023 – Present
Direct end-to-end multiplatform writing, directing, audio, film, and digital production streams for corporate partners, non-profits, and premium cultural institutions.
Manage client accounts, budget lifecycles, script revisions, and cross-functional distribution plans for projects spanning science journalism, audio documentaries, experimental films, and brand strategy.
Expanded Client & Partner Grid:
SFMOMA
CiNEOLA
Science Friday
America's Test Kitchen
Center for the Art of Translation
Two Lines Press,
Political Research Associates (PRA)
Earprint x Smithsonian
Heads Ain’t Ready x Sony
Extreme Reach @ Apple, Inc.
The Biomimicry Institute | Program Director & Publisher, AskNature
2025 – 2026
Oversaw platform strategy, digital publishing frameworks, editorial content, and media sub-programs for AskNature.org, translating biological data into accessible resources for sustainable design.
Executive & Sub-Program Direction: Directed and scaled AskNature’s core ecosystem of community, educational, and inspirational sub-programs—AskNature.org, Hive, Learning, Chat, and Podcast—overachieving across every strategic, financial, and publishing target.
Platform Revenue & Monetization: Engineered and launched a dual-engine commercial revenue model across paid digital courses and membership subscriptions, generating tens of thousands of dollars in direct, recurring platform revenue.
AI Integration & Systems Modernization: Spearheaded the technical evolution of AskNature Chat (AskNature.chat)—built on Google Gemini—custom-engineering prompt architectures for rigorous scientific attribution and streamlining internal publishing workflows in close partnership with Chief Editor Andrew Howley.
Media Production & Showrunning: Showran and co-executive produced Season 1 of The AskNature Podcast, centering on nature reconnection and featuring prominent voices including Robin Wall Kimmerer, Baratunde Thurston, Tristan Gooley, and Gamelihle Sibanda.
Community Scale & Live Masterclasses: Scaled active community platform subscriptions by over 70% and executive produced 14+ live masterclasses and virtual events on AskNature Hive with world-renowned scientists, authors, and built-environment experts (including Carl Zimmer, Jessica Hernandez, Ph.D., Dr. Tamsin Woolley-Barker, Stephen Alvarez, Jason Bittel, Justin Winters, Asha Singhal, Andrew Keys, Timothy McGee, Erica Berry, Andres Mitnik, Riley Black, Deepak Rajmohan, Henry Dicks, and Dr. Monica Berger Gonzalez).
Global Thought Leadership: Represented the Institute as a speaker and panelist at Bioneers and SF Climate Week, delivered a keystone presentation at the Learn Biomimicry Confluence, and was featured across international outlets including Australia’s Particle and Important Not Important.
Bioregional & Collaborative Publishing Roadmap: Directed the editorial publishing pipeline for technical, thematic, and bioregional strategy collections:
"How Life Creates a Land" Series: Wind, Fire, and Fynbos (with Learn Biomimicry & BiomimicrySA); Moors, Myths, and Rivers (with mundo común); and Salmon, Waves, and Waterfalls (with Gabe Sheoships & Friends of Tryon Creek).
National Parks Trilogy: Wild Ideas: The Biomimicry of Saguaro National Park and Wild Ideas: The Biomimicry of the Arctic Tundra (co-authored with Adelheid Fischer).
Technical Report Adaptations: How Does Nature Break Down the Old to Create the New? and How Does Nature Harness the Creative Destruction of Fire?
Author Collaborations: The Nature of Life in Its Smallest Forms (Erin A. Miller), The Art and Ingenuity of the Feather (Allison Shultz), and How One Fruit Finds Adaptability and Resilience (Ayoade Balogun).
Flagship Non-Fiction Essays: Authored major long-form features including “Building a Future with Our Hands: What 'Home' Means in 2025” (vernacular climate architecture), “How Does Nature Build a Home?”, and “Letting the Fog In: Art, Climate, and the Biomimicry of Emotion” (featuring original poetry, Rosette).
National Geographic Society (Washington, D.C.) | Digital Content Editor & Multimedia Producer
2017 – 2019
Managed cross-platform digital content strategy for flagship environmental conservation and impact initiatives, including Pristine Seas, The Photo Ark, and the Okavango Wilderness Project.
Served as lead content scout, writer, and digital systems producer for the archived Perpetual Planet Extreme Expedition to Mount Everest, tracking real-time scientific data from embedded mountain research nodes.
National Public Radio (NPR) (Washington, D.C.) | RADIO AND PODCAST Producer n
2016 – 2018
Scripted, voice-tracked, and produced rapid breaking news segments under broadcast deadlines for Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.
Produced historical features covering the DACA repeal protests, regional disaster features (the 2017 Mexico Earthquake and Hurricane Irma), and complex international policy beats.
Managed web setups, guest research, asset gathering, and guest tracking for Guy Raz on the TED Radio Hour and How I Built This.
Artist Residencies
SFFILM FilmHouse Residency (San Francisco, CA | 2026): Current structural resident supported by SFFILM, advancing narrative layout models and independent cinematic works.
Elsewhere Studios (Paonia, CO | 2022): Selected Artist-in-Residence focusing on targeted creative writing execution, architecture blocking, and drafting his upcoming debut novel.
on-off.site (San Francisco Bay Area | 2021): Digital Artist-in-Residence with the technology-driven creative collective, prototyping serialized interactive user code and multi-author digital spaces.
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Accolades & Awards Index
Tribeca Festival (2023): Creative Producer (The Very Worst Thing That Could Possibly Happen) Winner of Best Fiction Audio Storytelling Award.
Ambies Award (2024): Official Nominee for audio work on Necessary Tomorrows.
Signal Awards (2023): Bronze Winner for Individual Episode in Arts & Culture (The Mission Muralismo Audio Zine).
Signal Awards (2022): Official Industry Finalist nomination banner.
The Webby Awards (2022): Official Nominee status for Podcasts: Individual Episodes.
On Air Fest (2022): Appointed to the curated index of 30 global "Official Selects" for the mix piece 'Ode to La 24'.
LA Independent Shorts Awards (2022): Bronze Award for Best Documentary Short (Las Muralistas).
LATINO Feedback Film Festival (2022): Winner of the structural Audience Award.
San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press (2021): Winner of the inaugural Literary Award for Poetry.
Rollins College Institutional Laurels (2014-2015): Awarded the Presidential Award for Diversity and Inclusion, Cultural Ambassador of the Year, The Global Ambassador Award, and Champion for Social Action.