Festival Staff
Ethan Van Thillo, Founder/Executive Director
Moises Esparza, Programming Manager
Juan Lopez, Exhibitions Coordinator
Rosana Marques, Marketing Associate
Allison Lambert, Festival Operations Manager
Sonya Zhong, Sabor Latino Festival Manager
Alvaro Avila, Sabor Latino Festival Chef Coordinator
Mario Diaz, Festival Programmer
Kathryn Larom, Festival Programmer
Miguel Rodriguez, Festival Programmer
Laura Castaneda, Press Coordinator
Larissa Vega,Special Guests Manager
Jose Luis Martinez, Tijuana Press & Special Guest Coordinator
Jose Iturriaga, Festival Designer
Luis Gonzalez, Chair – 2017 Festival Advisory Committee
Andy Gonzalez, Arte Latino
Saul Silva, Sonido Latino
Paola Hernández-Jiao, Festival Ambassador
Mario D. Alvarado, Web Programmer
Franko Rosas, Graphic Design
Greg Penetrante, Technology Associate
Helen Guzman, Will Call
Maria DiGregorio, Will Call
Media Arts Center San Diego
Amanda Barcena, Operations Manager
Ryan Kuratomi, Media Director
Brian Myers, Production Coordinator
Lisa Salus, Teen Producers Coordinator
Kania Hayes, Membership & Community Partner Coordinator
Marco Chavez, Cinema Associate
Christopher Simon, Exhibitions Associate & Media Arts Instructor
Grace van Thillo, Development
Shanna Trenholm, Development
Jodi Cilley, Media Arts Instructor
Evan Apodaca, Media Arts Instructor
Anna Rebek, Media Arts Instructor
Paulina Castrok, Media Arts Instructor
Film Jury
Narrative Jury:
Jury Chair: Adriana Barraza
Carmen Marron
Jolene Rodriguez
Documentary Jury:
Jury Chair: Bernardo Ruiz
Iliana Sosa
Rodrigo Reyes
Interns / Volunteers
Akeemi Martinez
Ruben Reyes
Maria Ximena Trujillo
Kaari McBride
Gabriel Mariscal
Film Festival Selection Committee
Bertha Alicia Aguilar Garcia
Vanessa Barron
Scott Bennett
Jaime Castañeda
Laura Castañeda
Maria Elena Delgado
Teresa Rinaldi
Diego Robles
Cuauhtemoc Ruelas
Danny Soley
Poster Selection Committee
David Gutierrez, Flavored Layers
Bob Green, The Roots Factory, San Diego
Lucy Roberts, HMC Advertising
Patricia Cue, SDSU Professor of Graphic Design
Alessandra Moctezuma, Professor of Fine Art and Director of the Mesa College Art Gallery
Ruben Torres, Love Thy Neighbor
Media Arts Center San Diego Board of Directors
Vicki Estrada, President
Estrada Land Planning
Daniel Cruz Gonzalez, Vice President
Retired
Mark Burgess, Treasurer
Page Mountain LLC
Judy Harper, Secretary
Community Partners
Linda Caballero-Sotelo
New Americans Museum
Don Dean
Toyota/Lexus Financial Services
Vanessa Barron
Las Americas Premium Outlets
Francisco Mata
Senior Marketing & Communications Executive
Raquel Aispuro
San Diego Outlets at the Border
Randy Reinholz,
San Diego State University
Mia Fiorella
La Jolla Playhouse
John Kiladis
San Diego Gas & Electric
Luis Gonzalez
Wells Fargo
Carlos Correa
San Diego 6 News
Adolfo Ventura
MAAC Project
Kritarth Yudhish
Qualcomm, Inc.
John C. Engel II
Prima Cinema
Paul Espinosa
School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University
