About Me

Based in New York City, Daniela I. Quiroz is an award-winning film editor whose work centers on amplifying the lived experiences of underrepresented communities through a social justice lens. In 2023, she received The Sundance Film Festival’s prestigious Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award for Going Varsity in Mariachi (Netflix), which premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition. The film follows high school students in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley as they navigate intense Mariachi competitions, capturing teen life along the border with energy and intimacy. Quiroz’s editing evokes the layered, rhythmic nature of Mariachi music itself—immersive, vibrant, and emotionally resonant.

In 2024, she edited The Strike (PBS), a powerful documentary on incarcerated men who coordinated a nationwide hunger strike while held in solitary confinement. Her editorial work helps center their voices with humanity and care.

Quiroz began her television editing career at VICE on HBO and VICE News Tonight, where she cut dozens of short documentaries, including Goodbye Congress with Alexandra Pelosi. Her first credited feature, Rebel Citizen (2015), premiered at the New York Film Festival and explores the social justice legacy of cinematographer Haskell Wexler.

Additional credits include: Desert Angel (2024), Queen of New York (2023), Menudo: Forever Young (HBO, 2022), Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground (2020), and The Last Out (PBS, 2020).

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In addition to her film career, Daniela runs a non-profit, The Hope Reichbach Fund, which provides paid stipends to low-income college students through internships at Brooklyn non-profits.

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Daniela spends her free time brewing beer and playing fetch with her rescue dog, Kobe.