Lacey Schwartz Delgado is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning producer, writer, director, outreach strategist who draws on her interdisciplinary background to create compelling stories that span documentary and fiction. Schwartz Delgado is the co-founder of the multi-media production company Truth Aid Media, along with Mehret Mandefro. She also works with innovative organizations and brands to impact change on personal, familial, institutional, and societal levels. Across 40 different countries and spanning topics from human rights to wage transparency, Lacey turns research to story, then story into action to rewrite the normative narrative. Lacey’s work stems from the belief that storytelling is the one of the most powerful tools we can use to reclaim our sense of self, and bridge societal divides. 

Lacey’s innate and transformational resilience inspired an incredible gift for truth telling that informs the narratives she tells and shapes the aesthetic approach she brings to her craft. An extraordinary storyteller and sought-after speaker, her work challenges audiences to engage with each other and the world through the lens of authenticity and transparency.

Lacey is best known for writing, directing and producing the internationally recognized personal documentary, Little White Lie, a story about uncovering secrets and coming to terms with your identity,  which has been distributed worldwide and is now available on iTunes and Amazon prime. Little White Lie premiered on PBS' Independent Lens in 2015, with the highest rating of the season, one of the highest series ratings ever and the highest for NY's WNET. She was also the executive producer of the narrative film Difret which was the first film to win audience awards at both the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals. She directed and produced the viral digital series The Loving Generation for topic.com. Lacey also produced How it Feels To Be Free, which premiered on PBS’s American Masters and was nominated for an Emmy for best documentary film/series. She hosted, directed and produced BET’s Content for Change Black X Jewish  a 30-minute special that examines the connections between anti-semitism and racism and how Black and Jewish communities in America can come together to fight against hate. 

Lacey has a BA from Georgetown University, a JD from Harvard University, and is a member of the New York State bar. A native of Woodstock, NY, Lacey currently lives in Rhinebeck with her husband and their twin sons.