Susy Garciasalas Barkley is an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer and professor.

Garciasalas Barkley was most recently co-producer and archival producer for seasons six and seven of PBS SoCal's award-winning Earth Focus, a documentary series exploring issues facing our environment and the people building systems to sustain a greener future.

With nearly 20 years of experience in documentary filmmaking, Garciasalas Barkley has worked with media outlets such as Netflix, CNN, PBS, and numerous independent filmmakers. She brings a deep passion for storytelling — and an equally deep passion for archival work — to every project.

For almost ten years, Garciasalas Barkley has been a faculty member at The Annenberg School, where she serves as faculty advisor and line producer for Impact, a student-produced documentary series, which broadcast on Spectrum News 1. She is also a production coach for undergraduate and graduate documentary students.

Garciasalas Barkley is a national active member of the Television Academy's documentary peer group.

She is a native Angeleno and holds dual bachelor's degrees in visual anthropology and broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California.