Nesanet Teshager Abegaze is a filmmaker, educator, and founder of Tesh Ciné Lab. Nesanet's profound love of storytelling and community empowerment unifies her wide-ranging career.

At Stanford University, Nesanet earned her BA in Human Biology. Following her tenure supporting non-profit organizations at the New World Foundation, she earned her M.Ed. in Secondary Science Education from UCLA, and taught in South Central Los Angeles.

Over the last decade, Nesanet has immersed herself in many creative fields. As Vice President of Operations at Atom Factory, she managed the company's in-house creative agency. From there, she and her mother co-founded Azla, a plant-based Ethiopian eatery inspired by the idea that the dining table is a space to share food and your life. Working with and listening to her mother inspired Nesanet to preserve her family history via her lifelong interest in film. Her short films, Bereka, Afrikan Space Program Forever, and Phillis Wheatley, have screened at Sundance Film Festival, BlackStar Film Festival, Durban International Film Festival, Ambulante Gira de Documentales, and Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival.

Today, Nesanet brings her extensive career and artistic experiences to Tesh Ciné Lab named after her father, Teshager Abegaze Gebere, a self-taught musician and photographer. She develops arts curricula and teaches workshops, consults educational institutions and organizations, and collaborates with friends on design and film projects.