Professor Inés Hernández-Ávila, a distinguished poet, translator and artist, has gained international recognition for her scholarship on the cultural and linguistic revitalization movements of Indigenous people. With support from the Public Impact Research Initiative, Hernández-Ávila organized a historic Niimiipuu/Nez Perce delegation to Chiapas, Mexico, in August 2021 to engage with Mayan writers, artists and community activists.

In this interview, filmmaker Julie Wyman, associate professor of cinema and digital media, discusses the vital role of community engagement in shaping her work. She also discusses the inspiration behind her documentary exploring the little people community's perspectives on new pharmaceutical treatments for dwarfism.