Jenny Buccos

Jenny Buccos is a multi-award-winning director and producer, with more than two decades of experience in K-12 education. To date, she has directed and produced over 500 educational videos, collaborating with influential figures such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ziggy Marley, and the late Anthony Bourdain.

She co-directed the National STEM Festival, presented in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education. This festival has been hailed as the largest and most geographically diverse K-12 Science Fair in U.S. history. She is the creator of ProjectExplorer, a multimedia platform aimed at educating K-12 students about global issues, cultures, and histories.

In addition, Buccos’s impact in the EdTech community has been celebrated by the National School Boards Association, which named her one of the “20 to Watch” – an award reserved for emerging leaders poised to shape the field for years to come. She has received numerous accolades, including the prestigious GOLD Parent’s Choice Award for Excellence in Educational Programming on three occasions. She was honored with a National Award for Citizen Diplomacy in 2010 and was named a White House Champion of Change by the Obama Administration.

Beyond her educational endeavors, Buccos is the visionary behind Crash Test World, a captivating TV series geared towards families and hosted by Kari Byron.