LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS
Profiled in Hispanic Stars Vol I (Library of Congress), and awarded grants from both U.S. Artists Relief Org., and The Documentary Impact Producer Relief Fund for having been an active cameo participant of the award-winning photography book BLENDED NATION (featured on “The Today Show” w/Anne Curry & NPR); interviewed for #FAIRROYALTIES on behalf of Independent Filmmakers; Cheryl is also a scholarship recipient alumna of Leadership America, Leadership California, The Nancy Walton Laurie Leadership Institute (Chi Omega/Memphis, TN), The Center for Creative Leadership, UCLA Alumni Leadership Institute (first Latina on the UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Team and producer of 2 Bruin Women’s Sports video), Hispanas Organized for Political Equality’s (HOPE) Leadership Institute & PAC, and Southwest Voter’s Registration Educational Program (SVREP). Recently awarded “UCLA Alumna of the Year” (via Panhellenic for her community service of over 20 years); as well as being social media celebrated as “Bruin of the Day,” Cheryl has proudly served on several Boards supporting diverse women and her Latina/o community over three decades.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS/VOLUNTEER, CIVIC & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Association of MultiEthnic Americans
(AMEA) - Women At Work/Adelante Mujer Latina
- Team Prime Time
- UCLA Governmental Relations Los Angeles/Sacramento/Washington D.C.
- UCLA Regents Minority Scholarship Review Committee – Ralph Bunche Scholarships
- Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women
(LACAAW) - Hispanas Organized for Political Equality, HOPE Latina Action Day
(Sacramento/Washington D.C.) - HOPE Political Action Committee
- Multicultural Americans of So. Calif.
(MASC) - Latinas In Film & Television
- CINE Awards, Washington D.C.
- Media Image Coalition (MIC)
- California Families in Focus
- Chi Omega Classics
- UCLA Blue & Gold Women’s
Athletic Alumna - Mar Vista Family Center
- HOPE Education & Leadership
Fund - La Calle (Latina Empowerment)
- Women In Film
- Sports Explorer
alumnae news
February 2011
Leadership California Hosts Luncheon
Leadership California hosted twenty Latina community and business leaders at a luncheon at the Hotel Maya in Long Beach, where attendees networked and learned about the Leadership California experience. Cheryl Quintana Leader (’99), INDIVISION2000 Productions, was the Alumna Host and made great connections happen for everyone.