Halana Mediavilla Energy Futurist & Keynote Speaker

About

Meet Halana (or Alana).

A storyteller for the future of energy.

Technology has come easily to her since she was a child. She loves digesting complicated subjects, from new technology to new ways of making electricity, and telling their story so people who would normally shy away from something so technical can sink their teeth into it and finally understand it. Now she is making El Grid, a documentary to increase energy literacy, and asking how we get to the Jetsons era without sacrificing the planet.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Halana left the island at 19 and spent 15 years in New York and California. For 12 of them she was a storyteller for tech in Silicon Valley, including five years producing and directing at Google, and built her career explaining tough technical subjects to people outside the industry.

In 2021 she moved her family and company back home. FILMKIK is her production company, and Campo Libre is her label for original films. She produced her first feature, Dirty Coin, independently and took it to audiences around the world herself, creating a grassroots global movement that skyrocketed her to the global stage.

Halana wants people to see energy as something they can understand and be a part of. When we understand where our power comes from and where it's going, we can help shape the future instead of just watching it happen.

She has built her career making hard-to-grasp subjects easy to follow, and she sits at the intersection of entertainment and education. She also speaks as a wife and mother of three, about building a better future for her kids, and the responsibility of doing that work right for her family.