Kenya-Jade Pinto 

Kenya-Jade Pinto is an Indo-Kenyan-Canadian documentary photographer, filmmaker, and lawyer based out of Toronto. She grew up chasing crabs on the Kenyan coast, before moving to Alberta’s foothills as a teen. Kenya-Jade’s hyphenated worldview and experience informs her work and she dedicates herself to projects that are focused on uncovering injustice, fostering equity, and unpacking identity. Currently, Kenya-Jade is currently an Associate Producer on SCARBOROUGH, a fiction feature based on the award-winning book by Catherine Hernandez. She was recently named Filmmaker-in-Residence at the Refugee Law Lab at York University and is working on a long-term project investigating technology in migratory spaces. Kenya-Jade is a member of Women Photograph, the Visual Researchers’ Society of Canada, the Law Society of Ontario, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations as well as a Juris Doctor (cum laude) with a specialization in international law.