Sydney Barnett is currently an advisor at X in a Box. Prior to that, they were a substitute teacher at Education for Change Public Schools and a teaching artist at Junior Center Of Art & Science. Sydney also worked as a teaching artist at Youth Beat at KDOL-TV. Barnett has also worked as a videographer for AMBOS Project and as a circulation assistant at UC Berkeley Media Resource Center.
Sydney Barnett has a Bachelor's degree in Film/Cinema/Video Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Sydney also has a certification from UC Berkeley in Bachelor's Degree in Film and a certification from Education for Change Public Schools in Substitute Teacher.