June 13, 2016 SoHo International Film Festival

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A perfect “mom’s night out” with Trisha Fuentes, Kim Awon, and the Kate Rigg crew: ,- the watching of and the celebrating of Kate Rigg’s documentary debut in NYC “Happy Lucky Golden Tofu Panda Dragon Good Time Fun Fun Show” directed by Carrie Preston. This film was such a genius piece of work. During the after party, famous duo Kate Rigg and Lyris Hung performed 3 songs not in the documentary, plus one encore improv song that involved us the audience. The best song of the night was the last improv song-Kate and Lyris are a must see-check them out on fb and http://www.slantyeyedmama.com‪#‎SOHOInternationalFilmFestival‬ ‪#‎KateRigg‬

April 25, 2016-Museum of the Moving Image, “Diversity Lives in NYC” panel discussion presented by the SAG-AFTRA National Ethnic Employment Opportunities Committee and Equal Employment Opportunity & Diversity department

This event was a worthy one.  Attendees were SAG/AFTRA members and the panel was comprised of Maysoon Zayid: professional standup comedian and writer, Co-Founder/Co-Executive Producer of the New York Arab American Comedy Festival, Tom Fontana has written and produced television series St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life On The Street, Oz, The Philanthropist, Copper and Borgia. He has received three Emmy Awards, Carol-Lynn Parente, Senior Vice President at Sesame Workshop, Ty Jones award winning screenwriter, Ryan Tarpley is an Executive in the Foundation at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Lisa Takeuchi Cullen is a TV writer, book author and print journalist.

The Diversity Lives in NYC was moderated by Adam Moore, National Director, EEO & Diversity, SAG-AFTRA.

April 7, 2016 NBC Meetup

 Photo 1: Fun Photo of NBC Executive Grace Moss, Jennifer Betit Yen (President of Asian American Film Lab), Secretary of Asian American Film Lab Daryl King plus Asian American Film Lab associates.

Photo 2: Trisha Fuentes with 72 Hour Shootout competitors while attending a NYC Diversity Informational with NBC’s Entertainment Diversity Executive Grace Moss. Grace spoke to film production movers and shakers, about the steps NBC has taken and is currently taking toward developing diverse individuals in film.  There are several NBC programs that support this noble initiative and Grace Moss is definitely leading the way.