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Cecilia R. Mejia is a second-generation Filipino-American born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She has worked for over a decade in development for nonprofit organizations, including NGOs at the United Nations. She has a master’s degree in Public Administration and Affairs. She’s worked with grassroots organizations focusing on underrepresented communities. Cecilia has produced a number of films focusing on critical social impact issues. She’s the lead producer of the award-winning, Sony-acquired, feature film Yellow Rose, a Social Impact Producer of the award-winning doc Call Her Ganda and Co-Producer for Array Studios- acquired, Lingua Franca. She’s in development for a number of projects including the docuseries, Kapwa, with PJ Raval and the TriBeCa/AT&T Untold stories fan favorite, Johnny Loves Dolores. Cecilia is combining her passion for film and philanthropy with under-resourced youth as the Co-Founder for an arts-focused nonprofit organization, Art of Me. She is also on the faculty at NYU where she teaches Impact Producing and Producing. She is the owner of Remedias Productions, a production company focused on social impact storytelling and producing. She was recently brought on as the first-ever Impact Director for the Asian American Documentary Network.