Bio
Trina is a Venezuelan-American, award-winning storyteller and Fulbright Scholar with a passion for elevating overlooked voices and crafting bold, culturally rich narratives. Her work lives at the intersection of art, identity, and community.
"I'm a passionate storyteller committed to telling stories that promote worldwide unity and personal transformation."
For over a decade, she brought to life HBO Latino's acclaimed Habla series, producing 16 powerful installments that interwove hundreds of personal stories from Latinos across the United States, including celebrities and everyday heroes. Habla became an original portrait of the Latinx experience: layered, intimate, and unapologetically human.
As a bilingual director and producer established in New York, Trina has created over 600 digital and social media videos for women, collaborating with platforms such as Yahoo, A Plus, and Vivala. Her branded series for Procter & Gamble appealed to Latina audiences, while her consulting work has helped global brands convey genuineness and heart. Trina was part of the White House Entertainment Consortium under President Obama and has been featured in national media as an expert on Latine culture.
Her independent documentary, A Way to Be Together (2026), explores the cultural divide in Lambertville, New Jersey—a predominantly white town with a growing Mexican immigrant community—stressing the acute need for unity in difficult times. She was also a Made in New York Media Center fellow at IFP for her women’s travel series Going Solo. Its pilot episode, Flamenca, filmed in Spain, is currently in development.
Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Trina now lives in Lambertville, where she helped rebrand the town’s library, launched the Latinas in Lambertville empowerment program, and co-created the annual Oaxaca Festival at the Lambertville Library—now in its fourth year. In 2024, the library was named one of fifteen national finalists for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, nominated by New Jersey Senator Cory Booker for its community outreach.
She has also designed women’s empowerment courses for the United Way of Hunterdon County, NJ, and served as a cultural consultant for ArtYard Museum in Frenchtown, NJ, where she produced bilingual programming and championed Latine artists.
Her career began as a Fulbright Scholar in ethnomusicology, researching duende in Flamenco music in Spain. That work led to her debut film, I’m the Tourist, featuring gypsy singer Luis Agujeta, which aired on PBS and HBO Latino. Trina holds a B.A. in Creative Writing and Spanish Literature from Hunter College in New York City, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
