Interviewer:

Fred Salas

• Co-director of the San Diego Latino Film Festival
• Former executive director for the Mesilla Valley Film Society in New Mexico
• Founded and directed the Este Lugar Border Film Festival for three years.
• Programmer for the monthly San Diego-based Latino film & video series entitled Cine Club and the Annual Cine Mexicano: Mexican Film Series.
• Member of the selection committee to choose filmmakers and their scripts for the 1999 and 2000 Sundance Film Festival's prestigious Screenwriter's Lab.
• Lives in San Diego, California.
• Email: sdlff@sdlatinofilm.com

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