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​EDUCATION 

2014 M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, Film and Video 

2010 B.A. University of California San Diego, Visual Arts Media 

2010 B.A. University of California San Diego, Major: Communications / Minor: Theater Stage Management

 

CERTIFICATION 

2017 University of California San Diego Program: Certification in College Counseling

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS 

Bilingual: Fluent in Spanish and English

Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Ubuntu

Software: Airtable, Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook 365, Scriblio Cataloging, Republisher, Slack Editing Software: 

Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro, Dragon Frame, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Phase Space Motion Capture, Final Draft, Toast Titanium, iDVD, ACT!, Filemaker Pro and MAVIS. 

Cameras: Red, Blackmagic, Canon 5D, Canon 7D, Rebel Series, Sony EX1/EX3, Bolex Arri S, GoPro Hero 

3 Sound Equipment: Sennheiser 416, Audio Technica AT815a, Sound Devices 422/444, CUB, LAVs Other: Mix boards, Live Capture, Green Screen, Downward Shooters, Hand Developing

 

GRANTS/AWARDS ALLOCATED 

2025 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, California Arts Council

2024 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, California Arts Council

2023 LACDAC, National Endowment for the Arts

2022 California Arts Council Grant

2011- 2014 Project Grant, Valencia, CA - CalArts Student Council – (Various Works) 

2013     Kodak Grant, Los Angeles, CA 

2009- 2010 Visual Arts Media Grant, San Diego, CA - UC San Diego Associated Students 

2005  AVID Achievement Award 

 

ENDOWMENTS 

2025 Everyday Doze Coffee, Hollywood Wax Museum

2024 San Diego Zoo, Lush

2023 Lush

2022 Lush

2020 Topo Chico, Lush, MacLeod, Ving Vodka, Firestone Walker, Skirball

2018 The Loft Cinema, Goldie Blox, Betsey Johnson, Modcloth, Out of Print Clothing,The Habit Burger, 

Wildflower Bread Company

2017 Final Draft, Maritime Museum San Diego, The San Diego Natural History Museum, UltraZone Laser 

Tag, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, USS Midway Museum, VideoMaker

2016 San Diego Pride, Bitch Media, Frederator, Six Flags, Five Guys, Hollywood Wax Museum, Laugh 

Factory, Zumiez, Dodgers

 

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 

2025 FilmOutSD, San Diego Italian Film Festival, Philosophical Research Society, UCSD Triton Film Festival, Gutter Gutter Studios

2024 FilmOutSD, San Diego Italian Film Festival, Vidiots, Philosophical Research Society, UCSD Triton Film Festival, Gutter Gutter Studios

2023 FilmOutSD, Whammy Analog Micro Cinema

2022 FilmOutSD, Etheria Film Night, Fantasia Film Festival, San Diego Italian Film Festival

2020 San Diego Italian Film Festival

2018 Arizona Underground Film Festival, Boston Underground Film Festival, Mono No Aware, Phoenix 

Film Festival, Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, Mondo Cult Film Festival, Etheria Film 

Night, Women in Horror Film Festival

2017 San Diego Latino Film Festival, Horrible imaginings, San Diego Italian Film Festival, KPBS

2016 American Cinematique, Etheria Film Night, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Rejected Princesses,

Non-Plussed Ultra, Mono No Aware, Slamdance, Sundance, Women’s Scream International Poetry and

Arts Festival, Polartropica

 

FILM FESTIVAL ACCOLADES 

2025 Espiral- Leo's Last Name

2018 Film from the Graves Fright Night- Prayers

2018 Boston Short Film Festival- Prayers

2017 Final Girls Berlin Film Festival- Prayers

2016 Weihnachts Film Festival - Prayers 

2016 Melbourne Film Festival – Experimental Horror Short, Prayers 

2016 San Diego Underground Film Festival - Experimental Short, Neverland 

2016 Milwaukee Underground Film Festival - Experimental Short, Neverland 

2015 Les Femmes Underground Film Festival - Founder/Festival Director 

2015 China International Women’s Festival - Best Documentary Short, Leo’s Last Name 

2015 Mexico International Film Festival - Best Documentary Short, Leo’s Last Name 

2015 Golden Palm Award - Best Documentary Short, Leo’s Last Name 

2014 Student Art Festival - Best Short, Sesamo 

2014 Los Angeles Cinefest - Best Documentary Short, Leo’s Last Name 

2014 The America’s Film Festival of New York - Best Documentary Short, Leo’s Last Name 

 

PERSONAL SCREENINGS

2025 Espiral- Leo's Last Name

2017 Autobiographical Rituals, Vorspiel / Transmediale & CTM and Greenhouse Berlin, Germany (Leo’s 

Last Name)

2014 Red Cat, Los Angeles CA. - CalArts Long-form Show Case - (Leo’s Last Name) 

2013 Red Cat, Los Angeles, CA - CalArts Showcase - (Hang) 

2013 Miniature Theatre Showcase, Valencia, CA, (Lamia) 

2011 Mi Gente Latino Film Festival, Santa Clarita, CA. - (Handtrinopolis) 

 

CURATED SCREENINGS

2023 San Diego Italian Film Festival, Ristretto, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, C

2023 FilmOut San Diego, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2022 San Diego Italian Film Festival, Feminist Panel, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2022 FilmOut San Diego, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2022 Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, Aero Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

2020 Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Film Consortium San Diego, Her Film Challenge, Landmark’s Hill Cinemas, San Diego, CA

2019 San Diego Italian Film Festival, Ristretto, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2018 San Diego Italian Film Festival, Nome di Donna, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA

2018 Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, Phoenix Center for the Arts, Phoenix, AZ

2018 Fattitude, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Femtasia Film Festival, Non-Plussed Ultra, Los Angeles, CA

2017 San Diego Latino Film Festival, AMC 18 Fashion Valley, San Diego, CA

2017 Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, Digital Gym San Diego Media Arts Center, San 

Diego CA

2016 Women’s Scream International Poetry & Arts Festival Feminista Film Series

2016 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA

2016 Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival, Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Los 

Angeles, CA

2016 Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival Series, Donut Panic, “100 Days of Space Cosmic 

Art Show“ San Diego, CA

 

ARCHIVIST/ MUSEUM EXPERIENCE

2018-Present Academy Film Archive- Senior Specialist Public Access

2017 Old Town Newhall Library – Library Assistant 

2014-2018 Getty Research Institute/ Internet Archive- Global Digitization Specialist 

2010 San Diego Museum of Modern Art, Public Programs Photographer Archivist 

2008 Groovy Like A Movie, San Diego - House of Payne Digital Archivist 

2009-2010 Camp Kesem, UCSD- Multi-Media Director Archivist 

2006 Muir College Television, UCSD - Video Archivist 

2003 San Diego Museum of Photographic Arts- Event Photographer Archivist 

2003 San Diego Museum of Modern Art- Usher, Performance Art Assistant 

2002 Reuben H. Fleet Science Center – Modulator Technician/ Usher 

 

SPECIAL GUEST, MODERATOR, AND WORKSHOPS LED

2025 Archive's Bazaar, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

2025 AMIA, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

2025 Archiving the Academy Awards, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 

2023 Drop-In Tactile Filmmaking Workshops, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 

2023 El Cine Presents At-Home Film Projection Workshop 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm, Academy Film Archive

2023 Careers in Film Summit 2023, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures 

2023 Etheria Film Night Presents “Cherry” QA Panelist, Lumiere Music Hall

2023 Etheria Film Night Presents “Please Baby Please”QA Panelist, American Cinematheque

2022 San Diego Italian Film Festival, Feminist Panel, Museum of Photographic Arts

2019 Blumhouse Hulu Original: Culture Shock, Into the Dark Series, Etheria Film Night

2018 Storytelling Across Media, San Diego Comic-Con Museum

2017 San Diego Italian Film Festival, Feminist Panel, Museum of Photographic Arts

 

SYMPOSIUMS AND CONFERENCES

2020 The LOC National Screening Room: Preparing Content Virtually During Covid19, Library of Congress

2020 Current Conversations Around Re-Opening, LA as Subject

2020 How-to Make Your Collections Discoverable with the LAAS Directory Portal, LA as Subject

2019 Film Librarians Conference: Documenting Cinema, Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences 

2019 AMIA: The Reel Thing: Technical Symposium, Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 

2019 FIAF: International Federation of Film Archives, (Affiliation)  Academy of Motion Pictures and 

Sciences

2018 AMIA: Association of Moving Image Archivists, (Member) Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences  

 

MEDIA EXPERIENCE

2015-Present Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival - CEO/Founder 

2015 California Application Research Group Inc, Stockton - Media Editor 

2014 Cornwell Casting, Los Angeles - Freelance Editor 

2012-2014 Box Office, CalArts - Manager 

2011-2014 AudFaced, Cat Tanchanco - Cinematographer 

2013 Adele Horne, CalArts - Transcription/Sound Recording 

2012 AltaMed, Los Angeles - Editor 

2012 Porcelain Rose Productions, San Diego - Cinematographer/Editor 

2008 Groovy Like A Movie, San Diego - Syndication Editing Intern 

2008 San Diego Production Centre - Production Intern 

2007- 2009 Res Life, UCSD - R.A. / Multi-Media Coordinator 

2007- 2009 Warren College Television, UCSD - Station Manager 

 

FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING

2024-Present UCSD Triton Film Festival

2022-Present Fantasia International Film Festival

2019 Fantasia International Film Festival

2019 Non-Plussed Ultra Femtasia

2016-Present San Diego Latino Film Festival

2015-Present Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival- Programmer/Founder 

 

EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR

2013 Community Arts Partnership, CalArts - Experimental Film High School Instructor 

2014 Community Arts Partnership, CalArts - Documentary Film High School Instructor 

2010-2011 AmeriCorps Youth Policy Institute, SFIAM - Visual Arts Instructor 

2010- 2011 Youth Policy Institute, San Fernando Elementary- Literacy Elementary School Tutor 

2009-2010 Camp Kesem, UCSD-Camp Counselor for K-12 special needs youth 

2010 San Diego History Museum- Camp Assistant Instructor 

2007-2009 Ambassadors of Academic Achievement, UCSD- High School Mentor 

 

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD

2012-2014 Box Office, CalArts - Payroll Manager 

 

LITERARY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

2020 CHASE! A Tribute to the Keystone Cops

https://leonardmaltin.com/movie-book-roundup-july-2020-max-steiner-to-the-keystone-cops/

2019 Hitchcock, La Totale

https://www.editionsepa.fr/epa/cinema/hitchcock-la-totale-9782376710301

 

INSTITUTIONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

2023 The Cinematheque represents UW-Madison: The Best Of Il Cinema Ritrovato

https://cinema.wisc.edu/series/2023/spring/best-il-cinema-ritrovato

2023 Anthology Film Archives| Joe Dante: “The Movie Orgy” And Other Acts Of Movie Madness 

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/55861

2023 UCLA Film and Television Archive| Bruce Lee: “The Way of the Intercepting Fist”                               

https://goarts.ucla.edu/events/bruce-lee-the-way-of-the-intercepting-fist

2023 BAMPFA| Joel Coen in Person

https://bampfa.org/program/joel-coen

2022 BAMPFA| From the Front Page to the Front Lines: The Essential Sam Fuller

https://bampfa.org/program/front-page-front-lines-essential-sam-fuller

2020 LMU | See Lovingly Restored Works on the Big Screen at Il Cinema Ritrovato On Tour

https://sftvnewsroom.lmu.edu/2020-il-cinema-ritrovato-on-tour/

2019 Austrian Filmmuseum | Programmarchiv

https://www.filmmuseum.at/jart/prj3/filmmuseum/main.jart?rel=de&reserve-mode=active&content-id=1377161645229&show_editorial2=1559699427445

2019 Harvard Film Archive | Amadeus Screening

https://harvardfilmarchive.org/calendar/amadeus-2019-12

2019 Harvard Film Archive | The Complete Howard Hawks

https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/the-complete-howard-hawks

2019 Anthology Film Archive | Trinh T. Minh-ha Series

https://www.screenslate.com/series/1747

2019 Anthology Film Archive | Selected Experimental And Animated Works From The Women’s Film 

                             Preservation Fund

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/51020

2019 BAMPFA (Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive)  | It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll

https://bampfa.org/program/its-only-rock-n-roll

 

PUBLICATIONS

2017 KPBS - One-day Showcase of Independent and Experimental films by and about Women

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/sep/01/les-femmes-underground-international-film-festival/

2017 The Daily Aztec - A Time When Underground Women Climb to the Surface

http://thedailyaztec.com/83895/artsandculture/les-femmes-international-film-festival-comes-to-san-diego

2017 Dread Central: Les Femmes Underground Casts a Spell on San Diego

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/247944/2nd-annual-les-femmes-underground-international-film-fest-casts-its-spell-on-san-diego/

2017 Film Inquiry - Interview With Edda Manriquez 

https://www.filminquiry.com/interview-edda-manriquez-les-femmes-undergound-international-film-festival/?utm_content=bufferabbd1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 

2017 FestivalReviews.Org - Interview with Festival Director Edda Manriquez 

https://festivalreviews.org/category/interviews/

2016 Argonaut News - Women Outside the Frame  

http://argonautnews.com/women-outside-the-frame/

2016 Ms. In The Biz- Film Fest Females Spotlights: Les Femmes Underground 

http://msinthebiz.com/2016/09/21/film-fest-females-spotlight-les-femmes-underground/

2016 CalArts Blog, Les Femmes Underground International Film Festival 

http://blog.calarts.edu/tag/les-femmes-underground-international-film-festival/