The event is free and any donations will be going to “The Human Rights Alliance”.

• 6:30pm – doors open (Art displayed by Kiara Aileen)

• 7:00pm – report back with Jennifer Carcamo, Cristina Gonzalez, Dr. Steven Osuna, and Dr. Suyapa Portillo

• 7:20pm – begin film screening

• 8:40pm – Q&A with film director Jennifer Carcamo and Asylum Seeker, Jose Luis featured in film

• 9:30 pm – Closing

Presented by The Musuem of Central America and Festival Internacional de Cine Centro Americano Los Angeles (FICCALA)

Artist bio

Kiara Aileen Machado was born in 1993 in Lynwood, California. She received her BFA with honors in Painting and Drawing from California State University Long Beach in 2018.

Machado’s diverse and intersecting identity (Guatemalan and Salvadoran) allows her to have a broader perspective and insight on the complexities of intersecting identity, visibility and underrepresentation. Being Central American whilst living under a Mexican hegemony has inspired her body of work in wanting to create a platform for Central Americans.