Miguel Orozco(III)

Miguel Orozco was raised in East LA and moved to Utah as a teen. The culture shock led to his passion for writing stories about identity in marginalized communities. The film A BETTER LIFE inspired his feature MIXTECO KID which was selected for NALIP's Writers Lab, was a finalist for the 2022 Humanitas New Voices Fellowship, and a quarter-finalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Miguel co-founded an educational film company and ÁNIMO Theatre to write/produce plays to celebrate diversity. He started his career in Washington, DC as a Senate staffer.