Lucas McDaniel, Neighbor

Lucas McDaniel was born in San Jose California, but spent a large part of his childhood growing up in a small community located in the Sandia Mountains right outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was during those early years that he began to develop an appreciation for art and photography. After moving back to California, Lucas became interested in the film industry, specifically documentary filmmaking, while taking a video productions class at San Lorenzo Valley High. He graduated from SLVHS in 2006 and went on to receive a BA in Film Production at California State University Northridge in May of 2010.  Since then Lucas has been pursing a career in documentary filmmaking and photojournalism and looks forward to serving the community of Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley of which he has been a part for more than 13 years.