Film Education &Workforce Development

Rakeda serves as The Director of Community Education at the Austin Film Society.  She leads AFS' training and education programs, including Creative Careers, a workforce development program for emerging creatives and those who are underrepresented in the film and creative media industry. 

Rakeda saw an opportunity to cultivate engagement and curiosity in learning through movies.  She teamed up with a former UCLA classmate to create Get the Big Picture.  GTBP provides movie enriched curriculum for grades 6-12, and lessons for all subjects to help educators teach with movies.