DIEGO ROBLES CIENFUEGOS

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• Awarded an Honorarium by Self Help Graphics & Art to create a New Visual Art Work for the Summer of 2020.

• Awarded the CAP (Community Art Partnership Program at CalArts) Citizen Artist AmeriCorps (CAA) Fellow for the 2017-2018 Academic Year

• Awarded the CAP (Community Art Partnership Program at CalArts) Citizen Artist AmeriCorps (CAA) Fellow for the 2016-2017 Academic Year

• Invited to participate in the 24th San Diego Latino Film Festival as part of the Selection Committee for the 2017 Film Festival, 2016-2017

• Invited to participate in the Los Angeles Conservancy’s Chicano Moratorium Project Input Group Session in the Historic Salazar Park, 2016

• Awarded a full scholarship to participate in UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program’s Grad Prep Course, July through August 2015

• Awarded a full-scholarship to participate in the California Institute of the Arts Teaching-Artist Summer Residency Program, May through July 2014

• Public Speaker at the Equity and Diversity's PUBLIC SPEAKING Event on 'Social Justice’ as an Expression of Health and Happiness', April 2014

• Public Speaker at the 'Equity and Diversity's PUBLIC SPEAKING Event on 'Community Engagement’ as an Expression of Health and Happiness', April 2014

• Accepted and Scholar-shipped into UCLA’s AAP Alumni ‘Graduate Prep Course’, Summer 2014

• Writing Practicum Teaching Assistant Panel Speaker at California Institute for the Arts, 2014

• Head Coordinator for the Cal Arts “Filmmaker’s Book Club” 2013-2014

• Recipient of California Institute of the Arts Scholarship for the School of Film/Video and the School of Critical Studies in 2013-2014

• COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Commendation from the Supervisor of the Fifth District, Michael D. Antonovich, for recognition in being an Instructor of Hart Park Silent Filmmaking Workshop, 2013

• COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Certificate of congratulations from the Board of Supervisors, Commendation, as Instructor f Hart Park Silent Filmmaking Workshop, 2012

• Recipient of California Institute of the Arts Scholarship for the School of Film/Video and the School of Critical Studies in 2012-2013

• Recipient of the California Institute of the Arts DAFCA Scholarship for 2012-2013

• California Institute of the Arts COMMONS COUNCIL co-Founder and Member in 2012-2013

• Invited participant in the People of Color Caucus for Swarthmore College’s Power Up! Convergence in February 2012

• Invited participant in the Power Up! Convergence at Swarthmore College in February 2012

• Student Member of the California Institute of the Arts ' Equity and Diversity Committee', 2012-2014

• Recipient of California Institute of the Arts Scholarship for the School of Film/Video in 2011-2012

• Co-Founder of MI GENTE’s Student Film Festival at CalArts, 2011-2012

• Co-Founder of MI GENTE, a Latin-American, Latino/a, and Chicano/a Cross-disciplinary Student Organization at CalArts, 2011-2012

• Landmark Wisdom Conference for Global Transformation Participant, 2011

• UCLA Alumni Entertainment Network Event Round-Table Guest Speaker, 2011

• Echo Park Film Center Open Screenings Guest Filmmaker, 2010, 2011

• OTIS School of Art & Design Public Practice 621 Class: Case Studies in Contemporary Public Practices Guest Speaker, 2010

• Invited to speak and participate in Los Angeles Conservancy’s 2010 Los Angeles Conversación in the Historic El Pueblo De Los Angeles, 2010

• Latino California Radio Guest Speaker, 2010

• McDougal Apartments of Downtown Guest Speaker, 2010

• Stanford University’s Radical Cinema Collective Guest Speaker, 2010

• Wyvernwood Gardens Apartment Complex Guest Speaker, 2009, 2013, 2014

• CASA LIBRE-FREEDOM HOUSE Guest Speaker, 2009, 2010

• Ghetto Grounds in Highland Park Guest Speaker, 2009

• Francis Blend Special Education Center Guest Speaker, 2009

• ANIMO Film & Theater Arts Charter High School Documentary Film Class Guest Speaker 2008, 2009

• Los Angeles Conservancy Guest Speaker, 2008

• Santa Monica Community College Film Cub Guest Speaker, 2007, 2008, 2009

• PERFECT SHAPE Nutritional Center Guest Speaker, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

• Ion Scholarship Grant Recipient for UCLA’s School of Film and Television, 2005-2006

• David Blanco Scholarship Grant Recipient for UCLA’s School of Film and Television from 2004-2006

• UCLA Film School Documentary Film Guest Speaker, 2006 & 2007

• UCLA Dean’s Honors List, Spring Quarter, 2005

• UCLA Dean’s Honors List, Fall Quarter, 2003

• UCLA College of Letters and Science VICE PROVOST RECOGNITION AWARD for Academic Achievement in AAP’s (Academic Advancement Program) Summer Program and Admission to the College Honors Program, 2002

• Academic Advancement Program Scholar and Scholarship Grant Recipient for UCLA’s Freshman Summer Program, 2002

• UCLA Student Housing Scholarship Grant Recipient for UCLA’s Residential Community of Student Life, 2002

 

 

SELECTED AFFILIATIONS

 

• Los Angeles Filmforum Programming Committe. 2023 & 2024

• Los Angeles Filmforum Board of Directors. 2023 & 2024

• Conference for Global Transformation Workshop Presenter, 2024

• Conference for Global Transformation Posterboard Presenter, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024

• Rudy Perez Workshops at the Westside School of Mallet, 2016-2018

• Los Angeles Country Arts Ed Innovation Lab, 2017-2018

• Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2015–2016

• Mi Gente CalArts Student Organization, 2011-2014

• Conference for Global Transformation Poster board and Short Film Presenter, 2011

• 90.7 KPFK Pacific Listener Program Advisory Committee Member, 2010–2011

• President of UCLA Chicano and Latino Film and Television Association, 2005–2006

• UCLA Chicano and Latino Film and Television Association, 2003-2006

• Academic Advancement Program at UCLA, 2002-2006

• Narrative and Documentary Film Mentor at Equal Opportunity Productions, UCLA, 2002-2004

• UCLA Honor’s Program, 2002-2006