2017 Interns

 

Elijah Been

 

Expertise: Videographer, Editor, Writer, Sound/Audio and Voiceovers (VO’S)

 

Schooling/Education: Sophomore in the All Nations program at South High.

 

About me:Elijah Been comes from Minneapolis, born and raised. He is a descendant of the White Earth band of Ojibwe. What attracted him to First Person Productions was the opportunities that are provided to explore his passion for the arts. He loves music and can read sheet music and play multiple instruments, and he also does some creative writing, so it only seemed natural for him to expand his love of the arts to more art forms. Some of his hobbies other than the before-mentioned are sports, namely Wrestling and Traditional Lacrosse. Wrestling and music are some of his passions and he strives to excel in these, and having lettered in wrestling twice and being musically fluent, it pays off.

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Christian Freed

 

Expertise: Editor, Photographer, Videographer, Sound/Audio, and Writer

Schooling/Education: Junior in the All Nations program at South High School. Taking PSEO classes through Minneapolis Community Technical College.

 

About Me: Christian is a descendent of the Fond du Lac Tribe. He has always been interested in video production and photography and this is a huge gateway for him to work on some of his favorite hobbies outside of his own comfort zone. Outside of video production and photography, he loves playing video games and listening to all kinds of music.

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Dylan Halberg

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Expertise: Photographer, Videographer, Editor, Writer, and Actor

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School: Sophomore in the All Nations program at South High School.

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Bio: He was born and raised on the north side of Minneapolis, His tribal affiliation is White Earth Ojibwe. His greatest hobbies are playing video games and playing the modern and traditional game of Lacrosse. He is a part of the All Nations' Youth Group, Oshki-Ogichidaag. His favorite restaurant is Buffalo Wild Wings and he is a big fan of the YouTuber Markiplier.

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Vivian Olmeda

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Expertise: Photographer, Writer, Dialogue Editor and Trainee in progress

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School: Sophomore at South High School

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Bio: Vivian Olmeda, - Teddy - is her preferred name. She's from Minneapolis, MN and currently lives in Hopkins MN. She's associated with White Earth band of Ojibwe. She's Native American and Puerto Rican - Ojibwe & Dakota. Her favorite subjects in school are Ojibwe language class, & English. Ojibwe because she would love to learn and pass down her Native language to the younger generation; English because she loves to write and would love to be able to write her own book one day. She enjoys working with cameras and technology and has been interested in working in the media arts for over five years now. She has been working for MIGIZI since 2016 and she loves the paths she has chosen to get to this point.

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Giovanni Perez-LaRoque

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Expertise: Editor, Videographer, and Photographer

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School: Sophomore at South High School

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About me: He is from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He's enrolled in the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, located in Northern Minnesota. His favorite subject is math and he enjoys working with computers and technology. He has been interested in Media Arts for a few years and has been working with MIGIZI since early 2017.

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Riah Stroud

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Expertise: Pro and Director

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School: Junior at Washburn High School - Art Club & Dare 2 Be Real (D2BR)

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About me: Born in Minneapolis and raised on the Red Lake reservation for 9 years until her mother decided to move back to the city, she is also enrolled in the Chippewa, Ojibwe Tribe. After some gang related violence, her family decided it wasn't safe for them to live on the reservation anymore, but still they go every summer break to see their grandma. First year living in Minneapolis, she and her siblings went to City View elementary for a year but that didn't last long due to the neighborhood it was in and the excessive bullying they went through. Then moved a year later to South side Minneapolis and ended up going to Anishinabe Academy from 3rd grade and finished there until High School. During her years in Middle School she got really involved with the arts. So much that she had won the school's art show award for the Seven Grandfather's Teachings 5 years in a row. Only recently she got into film working with MIGIZI through Step-Up over the summer then continuing her internship into the school year. Now she is taking IB Visual Art courses and very involved in after school clubs like Art club and Dare to Be Real, which is a Social Justice club taking on race upfront and creating solutions to defeat racism.

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Iliana Zephier

 

Expertise: Photographer, Videographer, Editor, Actress, Voice Overs (VOs)

 

School/Education: Sophomore at Roosevelt High School, involved in the Health Careers Program.

 

About me: I’m a media intern for First Person Productions with MIGIZI Communications. I was born and raised in Minneapolis, and have always been a Southside kid. My tribal affiliation is Yankton Sioux. Hobbies of mine consist of reading, writing, drawing, and going out to photograph nature. My favorite theme of photos are of sunsets. Ever since 6th grade I've been interested in the arts; painting, drawing, photography, videography and photoshop and now Film.

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Samantha Gilbert

My name is Samantha Gilbert, I go by Sam. I am 16 years old, I am Ojibwe from Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin and Leech Lake, MN and Paiute from Bridgeport, California. I am a junior at South High School in Minneapolis. I used to play basketball and softball and hope to play again this next school year. I am quiet and shy but once I get comfortable with my surrounding I begin to be more talkative.

I don’t really have any media experiences, I do use social media but not often. I do take photos sometimes. When I was younger I wanted to be photographer.

My goal for school is to continue on being in the higher honor roll. I want to graduate high school. After high school I want to go to school for engineering or construction. I was thinking of going to either Dunwoody or the U of M.

    

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Deliah Medina

My name is Deliah Medina, I am 18 years old. I grew up in South Minneapolis in Little Earth. I was attending South High before transferring to an alternative school in 11th grade. I recently graduated from South high. I plan to attend classes at MCTC doing my generals before transferring to a university.

I am not sure what I want to major in as of now but I enjoy cooking and being around my family in my free time.

 

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Chad Johnson

My name is Chad Johnson, I'm 16 years old and Currently going to an alternative school called Menlo Park Academy. I used to be a media intern at Asian Media Access, I'm pretty sure that's how I'm here now. A huge huge goal for me in the future would be for me to become the producer that I wasn't To be. And the last goal would be me finally getting to shoot movies , star in movies , editing and even music video shooting.

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Seqouy Bryan

     Hey my name is Sequoy Bryan and I love basketball and working with technology so I am participating with the Migizi Summer Media Institute interning with First Person Productions. I am from Minneapolis Minnesota but I travel a lot. I am also African American, Mexican and Native American. My plan for the future is to play basketball for a Division one college and see how far I can go with that but while I’m in college I want to study something that has to do with technology.

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Charles Thomas

My name is Charles Thomas, I want to introduce you to a new world order of Young Doe. As a person I go as CT Doe. But for me this summer it is becoming more of an institute for me to appreciate the ways of learning. I work alongside with (The Summer Media Institute) I plan to achieve more work ethics of understanding technology and learning to be a better company to people generally.

A couple years back I got into the gaming community involving the use of sniping, feeding, live streams, trickshotting, Recording gameplay, graphic art, 2D or 3D art and also video editing. I’ve had lots of time throughout the years to kinda perfect my flaws but they haven’t seemed to peak, So i have to keep pushing and rocking the boat, But in order to stay afloat I have to learn the ropes. I love communicating with people and enhancing ideas, I love comparing and contrasting processes, possibilities, and opportunity. From the past to the future feels like the future came back in time and recycled things or made things happen even more.
 

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Nia Stroud

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    My name is Nia Stroud, I’m 17 years and going into my senior year at Washburn high school. I’m taller than most people I know. I’ve played volleyball for the last two years recreational at the American Indian Centre. I have limited experience in media production but I hope to become a freelancing photographer and bartender. I hope to attend Emily Carr University in Vancouver Canada or Vancouver Arts after high school. I want to take a gap year so I can Travel to South Korea with my best friend. I hope to gain more global/travel experience

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Miles House

I like to draw and write music and I built my own studio for animation and music. I like to listen to my old songs and compare how far I came with my lyrical schemes and flow patterns.

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Ludger Lenarz-RedEagle

Name’s Ludger, but you can also call me Lu or Jett. I’m nonbinary (bigender in particular). I’m fine with any pronouns except they/them, my preferred set being it/its. I’m a very spiritual person and I enjoy working with astral entities, spirits, servitors and magick. I don’t worship any gods, although I do occasionally work with the Egyptian goddess Isis, the Goetian goddess Lerajie (and I plan to work with more of the Goetian gods) and one of Amaterasu’s daughters, Yukino. My favorite astral race to work with are the big burly talking dogs from hell, which you’ll know as hellhounds. In many past lives I lived as healer and/or a spiritual leader, and I do believe the pattern is following through in this life (particularly the path of a healer). I’m Native/white and my tribe is Red Lake. I’m also neurodivergent, and it’s a big part of my identity as it affects my everyday life, although I’m not going to go into detail about what I’m diagnosed with but I will say it goes past anxiety/depression.