Daniel G. Ortiz is the media and outreach specialist for Ohio Youth Voices. Daniel has worked as an educator, organizer, and public relations staff for a nonprofit start-up. His work experience is focused on the principles of clear communication and building relationships to accomplish goals together within communities. At Ohio Youth Voices he works as advocate through initiatives involving education policy, class & race relations, and civic leadership & involvement. Ortiz holds his B.A. from Oberlin College where he majored in Religion and Latin American Studies and received a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship with specific research on the topic of Liberation Theology. Ortiz has worked as a teacher with Lorain City Schools and continues to volunteer in community organizing efforts with the Industrial Areas Foundation through Reclaim Lorain (Lorain, OH). Daniel has a deep passion for working in multiple forms of media and has completed four documentary films, as well as developed and implemented the curriculum for a film project to engage youth on issues of community and identity.