Daisy Montalvo is a director and creative producer who has worked for key Western Sydney arts organisations including FUNPARK, PYT Fairfield and Blacktown Arts Centre.  

Her telenovela-inspired web series, Las Rosas, tells the story of one family’s conflict around a quinceañera (a 15th birthday coming-of-age celebration marked in many Latin American families). The story was inspired by her own experience growing up in Western Sydney as a first-generation Australian whose parents migrated from El Salvador, and it was filmed in the childhood bedroom of her family home.  

Daisy’s art and filmmaking shines a light on young people from the Blacktown area and the incredible things they are doing. 

We are Blacktown is a UTS Impact Studios production.
Producers: Britta Jorgensen, Jane Curtis, Celine Teo-Blockey 
Executive Producer: Olivia Rosenman
Sound design: Melissa May
Research: Jackie May
Podcast artwork: Alexandra Morris
Theme music: Beaming by FRIDAY