María José (Majo) Calderón

Maria Jose Calderon was producer of Covid’s Hidden Toll, the Frontline/PBS/Scripps Howard award-winning film that explores how the absence of mandatory workplace protections puts essential agricultural workers at risk. She was producer/director of The Edge of the Sea, an award-winning environmental documentary for PBS; associate producer of Elizabeth Farnsworth’s Emmy Award nominated POV documentary The Judge and the General – The Story of Juan Guzman; associate producer of Stable Life – stories of undocumented immigrants who live and work on American racetracks, and producer of the 10-part HBO series Outpost, combining experiential journalism with adventure travel reporting. Majo has a master’s degree in journalism from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.