Staff
Meet the 2025 Staff
Jay Seidel
Festival Director
Jay Seidel
Jay Seidel
Jay Seidel has been fascinated by visual storytelling for decades. A former photojournalist who worked for a variety of newspapers and magazine outlets found a passion for drones and aerial storytelling. Seeing all the amazing work by the many aerial visual storytellers and content creators from around the would is what led him to start the Southern California Drone Festival.
Donya Mirtabatabaie
Marketing Staff
Donya Mirtabatabaie
Donya Mirtabatabaie is a senior at California State University, Fullerton majoring in Communications with an emphasis on Public Relations. She is from Santa Clarita, California and is a first generation college student.
Abigail Chertock
Marketing Staff
Abigail Chertock
Abigail Chertock is a senior at Cal State Fullerton, studying Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations.
Rosaura Canales
Marketing Staff
Rosaura Canales
Rosaura is a student at Cal State Fullerton majoring in communications.
Natalia Lozano
Marketing Staff
Natalia Lozano
Natalia Lozano is a first-generation senior at California State University, Fullerton. She is pursuing a major in Communications with a concentration in Public Relations and a minor in Chicano/Latino Studies.
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Vanessa Quinones
Marketing Staff
Vanessa Quiñones
Vanessa is a senior at California State University, Fullerton. From early in her life, she was passionate about storytelling, which led her to major in Communications with an emphasis on Public Relations and a minor in Cinema and TV of the Arts at CSUF.