PUBLIC SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
& SCREENING PRESENTATIONS
Should you or your organization, university, college, corporate entity seek to present a forum surrounding the American of Latina Descent Experience, Multicultural Experience, a Latina Filmmaker’s Screening, Latina Youth Empowerment Presentation or an Hispanic Heritage Month Forum with Cheryl Quintana Leader and/or a screening of her award-winning short film, “Tanto Tiempo,”
or “The Purepecha: Poorest of the Poor,” please contact Luz de Verdad at Indivison2020prods@gmail.com.
CONFERENCES
- “Nuestra Gente” – Washington D.C. National Press Club
- “Investing in Tomorrow’s Leaders” Adelante! U.S. Education Leadership Institute
- Keynote Speaker (San Antonio, TX)
- National Student Conference on the Mixed Race Experience (Claremont College, CA)
- I-PRIDE Conference & Expo (San Francisco, CA)
- Adelante Mujer Latina/Women At Work Career & Educational Conference (Pasadena, CA)
- Mistress of Ceremonies & Workshop Presenter: “Careers in Television & Film Production” & “Believing in Yourself: Career & College” with Jessica Dominguez (Vista L.A.ABC7) & America Ferrera (Actress)
- Chicano-Latino Convocation (San Francisco, CA)
- La Calle “Been There, Done That” Latina Youth Empowerment Conferences – (Oxnard, Long Beach & Garden Grove, CA)
- “The Multiracial Image in the Performing Arts” * Western Regional National Association of -College Broadcasters Regional Conference (San Jose, CA)
- National Hispanic Women’s Conference (San Diego, CA)
COMMUNITY, TELEVISION, CABLE & CORPORATE EVENTS
Thank you Cheryl for participating in the NPR Weekend Edition series, “Beyond Black and White.” The first installment, which is focused on the book “Blended Nation: Mixed Race America” and multiracial identity, can now be found online:
AUDIO WITH RELATED TEXT & PHOTOS:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120209980
I should mention that we devoted 11 minutes of broadcast time to this segment – which is rare. It’s a testament to the content …and to your on-air contributions. Thanks again, Geoff Bennett-National Public Radio Weekend EditionExciting News! The book Cheryl is featured in “Blended Nations: Mixed Race America” and its authors were featured on The Today Show with Ann Curry! Also it won 1st Place in the International Photography Book Awards.
- “The Place of Entertainment in Society: Reactions or Trends and the Implications for Leadership” *
Leadership America & The American Film Institute American Issues Forum - Mija Magazine “Emerging Mijas“
KQED/KPCC Radio News – Latina USA & The California Report(Sacramento/L.A., CA)
Women 2 Women, CBS 2 Los Angeles, CA
Vista L.A. – ABC 7 Los Angeles, CA
Saturday Morning Review – NBC 4 Los Angeles, CA
Sunday Family Theatre – NBC 4 Los Angeles, CA
News – KCAL 9 Los Angeles, CA
Signs of the Time – KTTV 11 Los Angeles, CA
Community Watch/News – KESQ Palm Springs, CA
Que Pasa – Honolulu, HI
“Chicana & Latina Filmmakers” * HBO & Hamas Presentation
“Latinas In Politics” * Adelphia Cable’s “Week In Review“
“Community Leaders” * AT&T Broadband Cable’s “One On One“
“Smart Latinas Finish Rich” * Stanley Morgan Dean Witter
“Is Los Angeles A Safe Place for Women and Girls?” * Commission on the Status of Women
CEDAW Hearing
“A Latino Presence in Entertainment?” Latino City Employees Assoc. (San Diego CA)
“The Latino Image Filmmaking & Negotiations” * Mexican American Opportunity Foundation
- “Interpreting to Diverse Audiences” * Angeles National Forest Workshop
- California State Parks Foundation (Pacific Palisades, CA)
“Establishing a Career in Filmmaking” * CINE Estudiantil (San Diego, CA)
“Latinas In Film” * Los Angeles Film Teachers Association (LAFTA)
“Latinos In Film” * Multiracial Americans of Southern California
Wild Women Do! Daybreak Ocean Park Community Center, Santa Monica, CA
Families in Good Health, Long Beach, CA
Little Sisters Latina Mentor Program, Long Beach, CA
HOPE-PAC Emcee, Biltmore Hotel, CA
FILM FESTIVALS
AFI Los Angeles Intl. Film Festival * Hispanic Directors’ Showcase
Berkeley Women’s Film Festival
Chicago Latino Intl. Film Festival * Best Short Film
Chicago Academy of the Performing Arts
Chicago Intl. Children’s Film Festival
CINE Golden Eagle Award, Washington D.C.
CineSol, San Benito, Texas
Dallas Video Festival
- Festival Internacional de Cine Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao, Spain
- Hollyshorts Film Festival
“Semana De La Mujer (Week of the Woman)“* Honolulu Academy of the Arts
“Hispanic Filmmakers” * Independent Feature Film Market, New York * Latino Sidebar
“Issues of Our Times” Panelist * San Jose Intl. Cinequest Film Festival
“Marketing Your Short Film” * Wine Country Film Festival (Sonoma, CA)
“Screenwriting Forum” * CineFestival (San Antonio, TX)
Minneapolis Children’s Film Festival
National Educational Film & Video Festival * Gold Apple
Palm Springs International Shortfest
Reel Women Short Film, Dallas, Texas
San Antonio CineFestival
San Jose Film & Video Festival – Best Short Film, “Joey” Award
Santa Clarita Valley Intl. Film Festival
Sao Paulo, Brazil Intl. Short Film Festival
UCLA WorldFest 2000
Utah Short Film & Video Festival
Women in Film Festival
UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES
- Koc University- Istanbul, Turkey Screening / Presentation
- “UCLA – “Building & Strengthening Relationships in Uncertain Times”
- “Hispanic Heritage” – School of Business & Finance
- “Women of Color in the Film Industry” – Women’s Studies Department/Cine Mujer
Latino Alumni Association
Worldfest 2000
California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA * Women’s Studies Dept.
California State University, Fresno – Chicano Studies Dept.
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
Claremont College, Claremont, CA
Columbia College, Chicago – “Latino Cinema“
L.A. City College Law – “Diversity Programming & Action“
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Rutgers University, New Jersey
San Diego State CINE Estudiantil
Santa Barbara City College
University of Southern California, Cinemateque
University of California, Riverside
University of Hawaii, Manoa
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – “Financing Film“
University of Nevada, Las Vegas – “The Global Workforce
A Multicultural Experience, Cultural Awareness & Self-Empowerment“