Jessica Ghitis is a Jewish-Colombian writer and educator based in Los Angeles. An alum of the American Film Institute Conservatory, she swapped the traditional entertainment track for something far less scripted after the October 7 attacks, blending storytelling and advocacy to push for sharper and more nuanced coverage of Israel in Latin American media. She collaborated with networks like NTN24, Telemundo, and Univision to amplify the voices of hostages and their families during the war, including organizing delegations of hostage families to meet with American politicians and press.
Jessica has worked with organizations such as the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Fuente Latina to combat antisemitism, and has taught Hebrew school while serving on the Executive Committee for ANU: A New Union in the World Zionist Congress.
She is an IPF Atid Charles Bronfman 2025 Convener and currently works with Hayes Brothers Films and First-Look, a platform helping screenwriters get discovered. On her Times of Israel blog, she writes about geopolitics and modern dating with equal obsession—unofficially calling herself “Carrie Bradshaw of the Middle East.”
A historical fiction writer, Jessica believes stories don’t just reflect reality—they shape it. Still, she’d often prefer fictional drama to the real kind.
