Nancy Yasecko is a media artist and educator who grew up and is still living on the Space Coast of Florida. She graduated from Cocoa Beach High School in 1972 and received her B.A. from the University of South Florida in 1975, and her M.A. in Instructional Technology from the University of Central Florida 1997.
Nancy Yasecko is the proprietor of Vanguard Productions, located on Merritt Island, FL, a producer of film and video for PBS broadcast and non-profit and governmental organizations.
Her film Growing Up with Rockets was included with the first group of US documentaries to be screened in the former Soviet Union in the American Documentary Showcase, Glastnost Tour 1990. The source materials used in the film are held by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
Arts Mentor - Space Coast FIRST Robotics Team 233Launchpad to Learning - Interactive web-based engineering environment for middle school studentsVanguard Productions—Development of film and video media for PBS, non-profit and governmental organizationsInstructional Designer for online corporate training and assessmentMapping, 1978, producer and directorMissiles, 1978, producer and directorComposition, 1979, producer and directorSoft Sand, 1980, producer and directorDancing Lessons, 1981, producer and directorNebraska Avenue, 1981, producer and directorGrowing Up with Rockets, 1986, producer, director, editor Living in America: A Hundred Years of Ybor City, 1985, editorJourney Into Wilderness: Florida's Indian River Lagoon, 1990, producer and director"History In Song (Series), 1992, producer and director"Encounters in a New World", "Florida Stories: History and Legend", and "Changing Florida: Dreams and Realities" producer and directorMoon Shot, 1994, Associate Producer and Line producerBrevard County Oral History Video Project, 1992–1995, producer and director Ellis Marsalis: Jazz is Spoken Here, 2000, producer and directorEntre Act, 2004, producer and directorMaking Movies with Bud, 2005, producer and directorThe FIRST Robot Rock Opera, 2007, producer and director