Paola Piers-Torres
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bio
Experience
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HardPin
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United States
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Producer
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May 2019 - Present
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Freelance Producer
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Jul 2017 - May 2019
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Bright Red Pixels
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Producer
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Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
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The Babel Project
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United States
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Restaurants
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1 - 100 Employee
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Site Manager and Youth Educator
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Oct 2014 - May 2017
Teaching immigrant and undocumented youth/young adult media literacy skills so they have the tools to advocate for themselves and tell their own stories through film. Teaching immigrant and undocumented youth/young adult media literacy skills so they have the tools to advocate for themselves and tell their own stories through film.
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The New School
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Education Administration Programs
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Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2015 - May 2016
Teaching Assistant for Professor Michelle Materre's class "Film Distribution." Teaching Assistant for Professor Vinay Chowdhry Media Practices:Digital Cinema ● Assist teachers in a Media Distribution and Film Production class. ● Grade papers and help students conceptualize project ideas. ● Give presentation on how to deliver documentary pitches. ● Teach technical labs where students can further their skills with camera, lighting and audio equipment, as well as introduce students to the following softwares: avid, adobe premier, and protools. Show less
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The Futuro Media Group
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United States
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Production Assistant/Researcher
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Mar 2014 - Oct 2014
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Audience Cultivation Coordinator
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Aug 2013 - Mar 2014
Help coordinate a film festival for social impact documentaries.
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Project Manager
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Aug 2013 - Mar 2014
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Associate Producer
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Aug 2013 - Mar 2014
Assist in the production of The Dream Team; a documentary that follows the life of Johnnie Lee Savory, a wrongfully convicted felon who at the age of 14 began serving 30 years in prison without access to DNA testing, and later helped rewrite the law allowing DNA testing to be used by other convicts Assist in the production of The Dream Team; a documentary that follows the life of Johnnie Lee Savory, a wrongfully convicted felon who at the age of 14 began serving 30 years in prison without access to DNA testing, and later helped rewrite the law allowing DNA testing to be used by other convicts
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Congreso de Latinos Unidos
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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100 - 200 Employee
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Site Coordinator
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Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
-Coordinated a K – 8th grade after-school program at Julia De Burgos Bilingual Public School located in a low-income, predominantly Latino and African American neighborhood -Managed a team of 25 staff members -Coordinated a K – 8th grade after-school program at Julia De Burgos Bilingual Public School located in a low-income, predominantly Latino and African American neighborhood -Managed a team of 25 staff members
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Runa
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Executive Intern
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Sep 2011 - Apr 2012
-Marketing outreach to prospective sales representatives -Lead research development for community in Ecuador -Work with co-founders of organiztion to create new partnerships with other non-profit and fair-trade companies -Marketing outreach to prospective sales representatives -Lead research development for community in Ecuador -Work with co-founders of organiztion to create new partnerships with other non-profit and fair-trade companies
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Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd.
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United States
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research Paralegal
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2011 - 2011
-Researched immigration cases for the civil rights law firm -Assisted in production of plaintiff briefs related to immigrants in U.S. detention centers -Translated official legal documents from Spanish to English -Researched immigration cases for the civil rights law firm -Assisted in production of plaintiff briefs related to immigrants in U.S. detention centers -Translated official legal documents from Spanish to English
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Education
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The New School
Masters of Media Studies, Social Justice Documentary -
Barnard College
Bachelor's degree, Sociology and Human Rights -
Columbia University in the City of New York
Bachelor's degree, Major in Sociology-Human Rights Minor in Spanish