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X-WR-CALNAME:Distinguished Speakers Series: Diane Guerrero
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DESCRIPTION:The Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS) is a signature program u
 nder the leadership of Student Activities\, that aims to provide the unive
 rsity and surrounding community with world-class speakers and lecturers. D
 SS hosts public events with priority seating for UTRGV students\, faculty\
 , and staff.\n\nAbout Diane Guerrero \n\nDiane Guerrero is a Boston native
  and has\, from an early age\, had an affinity for the arts. She attended 
 the Boston Arts Academy where she studied vocal music. As a teenager\, Gue
 rrero suffered through a forced separation from her family as she watched 
 her loved ones be deported. She shares the incredible story of how she was
  able to remain in the US\, continue her education and build a successful 
 career. After the departure of her family\, Guerrero never lost focus and 
 continued to work hard to build a better life for herself. She graduated f
 rom a U.S. high school to then she received a degree in political science 
 and communication. However\, she quickly realized her passion lay in perfo
 rmance art\, at which point she moved to New York to pursue her dreams.\n\
 nGuerrero has subsequently appeared on numerous television series and is b
 est known for her roles as “Maritza Ramos” on the award-winning\, Emmy
 - and Golden Globe-nominated Netflix series Orange is the New Black (for w
 hich she received two Screen Actors Guild awards) and as "Lina" in CW's br
 eak-out hit\, Jane the Virgin.\n\nGuerrero can be seen in the upcoming fea
 ture film The Godmother\, opposite Catherine Zeta Jones\, Olivier Martinez
 \, John Leguizamo\, and produced by Nicholas Pileggi. She can also be seen
  in lead roles in Peter and John\, Happy Yummy Chicken\, and has appeared 
 in several other features including Lionsgate’s My Man is a Loser.\n\nIn
  2015\, Guerrero was named a White House Ambassador for Citizenship and Na
 turalization. She is an outspoken advocate for commonsense\, comprehensive
  immigration reform and has worked with Immigrant Legal Resource Center an
 d Mi Familia Vota\, a nonpartisan Latino civic engagement organization to 
 promote citizenship and voter registration. Variety named her one of the t
 op 10 Latina actresses to watch. Her memoir from Henry Holt publishing\, t
 itled In the Country We Love\, was released in Spring 2016.
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LOCATION:The Arts Center (BTACB) 
SUMMARY:Distinguished Speakers Series: Diane Guerrero
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CATEGORIES:Campus Life
CATEGORIES:Community
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