ABOUT

Born and raised in Woodland Hills, California, Rebecca Padilla fell in love with audio as a youngster helping her father piece together his home sound system equipment.  In the 7th grade, Rebecca discovered the wonderful world of filmmaking while filming her final Spanish project.  She developed her love for film during high school by directing short films that were accepted in to Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival and Boston’s Do It Your Damn Self Film Festival.

It was not until 2011 when she entered her freshman year at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts that she discovered the combination of her two loves: sound for film and television.  Rebecca dedicated her studies to the world of sound with training from Tisch as a certified Sound Engineer, interning at a leading NYC sound rental company, Gotham Sound, and freelancing for film, television, and theater. Rebecca also interned at "The Rachael Ray Show" and ABC’s "The View" as a production intern, assisting all departments including research, segment coordination, social media, control room, audience, and reception. The combination of Rebecca's audio and production backgrounds has led to her career as a production sound mixer.

From May 2015 until March 2018, Rebecca worked as a freelancer for audio teams on several shows, including Tru TV's "Impractical Jokers," ABC's "The View," TLC's "Late Night Joy," ABC's "What Would You Do?," and Food Network's "Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off." She also participated as a member of audio teams on many commercials, promos, reality shows, short films, hidden camera shoots, and more.

In March of 2018, Rebecca joined NEP Group as a full-time Audio Technician to help with the launch of ESPN’s Seaport Studios in Manhattan. Working at Seaport Studios gave her the opportunity to grow her audio communications knowledge. With the guidance of ESPN’s Remote Operation’s team, Rebecca led the build of Seaport’s Studio 2 for the re-launch of ESPN’s “First Take” and “Around the Horn.” After a year and a half of contributions to Seaport Studios, Rebecca returned to Los Angeles where she currently works as an Audio Communications Specialist for ESPN’s Los Angeles Production Center.

Rebecca prides herself on her ability to work efficiently, problem solve, and be proactive.