Tag: education
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We held a special private screening of Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals © on July 22nd at the Hill Center in Washington, DC where six of the ten professionals featured in the film attended: Congressman Raul Ruiz, Lisa Ramirez, Fernando Mendoza MD, Ramon Resa MD, former Congressman Tony Cárdenas and Enrique Diaz. Also in attendance…
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Bertha Tobias was an intern for Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals ©. She is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College, my alma mater. After I read her story in the alumni magazine, I contacted her immediately—I knew the documentary would resonate with her. Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals is much more than a film;…
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People ask me why I made Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals ©, a film about people of color who were homeless, hungry, abused, discriminated against, former child farm laborers and immigrants. What could I possibly have in common with them? I’ve asked myself countless times over the ten long, arduous and self-esteem-eroding years it’s…
