Sancia Miala Shiba Nash is a filmmaker and artist from Kīhei, Maui with ancestral roots in the Japanese archipelago, currently living and working in Honolulu, Oʻahu. Through time-based media, Sancia Miala works collaboratively to amplify intersectional stories of place. Her practice is guided by oral histories, archives, and acts of translation. Currently she supports the digitization and cataloging of independent documentary team Nā Maka o ka ʻĀina’s (Joan Lander and Puhipau) extensive moving image collection. In 2020, Sancia Miala co-founded with her partner, artist Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick, kekahi wahi, a grassroots film initiative dedicated to documenting transformations across Hawaiʻi and Moananui.