Leslie Fields-Cruz
Leslie Fields-Cruz is an American journalist and media executive, who as of 2025 serves as the Executive Director of Black Public Media (BPM).[1]
Fields-Cruz joined BPM in 2001, and has had a number of roles there since. She is a producer of the award-winning PBS series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange.[2]
Fields-Cruz is the chair of the president's circle and a former president of New York Women in Film & Television,[3] the board secretary of the New Era Creative Space, and was listed in Crain's New York's 2021 list of Notable Black Business Leaders.[1][4][2]
External links
- Leslie Fields-Cruz at IMDb
- Black Public Media's team biographies, including Fields-Cruz
- Powerful Women: Let's Talk NPR interview with Fields-Cruz
- PBS "Behind the Lens" feature about AfroPoP
References
- ^ a b "Notable Black Leaders and Executives 2021: Leslie Fields-Cruz". Crain's New York Business. 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ a b "Leslie Fields-Cruz – New Era Creative Space". Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ "NYWIFT Announces New Board President Leslie Fields-Cruz". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ "NYWIFT Board Member Leslie Fields-Cruz Named to Crain's New York Business' Notable Black Leaders and Executives". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 2025-07-17.