Isabella Vargas is a multimedia artist who works at the intersection of media and activism. She works with experimental and nonfiction forms by combining captured footage and drawn animations to rewrite narratives about her intersectional communities. Vargas questions the marginalization of people and their relationship with disability, ethnic identity, queerness, and their ties to intergenerational trauma  Vargas is a current BRIClab fellow, a future MDOCS recipient, and a future Emerge Fellow with the San Francisco Longmore Institute. Vargas was also a previous UnionDocs fellow where her work previously centered on creating video content for local NYC community organizations. Outside of her film work, Vargas is an active member of the artist collective The Illuminator where her media work focuses on amplifying national organizations and their messages. 

She is an engaged disability activist and passionate community organizer, being a previous labor organizer and immigrant rights activist, outside of her artistic work. Her on-the-ground advocacy experience plays an integral part of her creative process.