Cecilia Domeyko is a Chilean-American author, journalist, filmmaker, former broadcaster, and philanthropist based in Washington, DC She is the president and founder of Accent Media as well as the founder and director of the Mariposa Cultural Foundation.
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Cecilia Del Rosario Domeyko Lea-Plaza was born in Santiago, Chile to Juan Domeyko, a Chilean diplomat, and Paz Lea-Plaza Saenz, a writer.
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Cecilia Domeyko's father was a Chilean career diplomat for the Chilean government and was the Minister Counselor at the Chilean Embassy in Ottawa, Canada before retiring as an Ambassador.
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Cecilia Domeyko would assist in ceremonial procedures and official events hosted in the embassy, such as in receptions for Chile's National Day.
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Cecilia Domeyko's father represented Chile in a pinning ceremony bestowing a congratulatory boutonniere on the Charge d'Affaires for Uruguay's Embassy in Ottawa to mark the anniversary of Uruguay's independence.
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Cecilia Domeyko began her journalism career as a teenager when she wrote a regular column on the customs of Latin American teenagers in the Ottawa Journal's Youth Page.
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Cecilia Domeyko then went on to formally study and receive a BA in communications from the Catholic University of Chile as well as a master's degree in Writing and Directing for Film from The American University in Washington, DC.
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Cecilia Domeyko is best known for her filmmaking career as a bilingual producer, director, and scriptwriter in English and Spanish.
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Cecilia Domeyko has produced film work, such as educational documentaries and short films, for Univision, the Catholic Church, the World Bank, AARP, the American Bar Association, USAID, USIA, and NIH.
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Cecilia Domeyko's productions have been aired in over 96 countries.
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The film, which Cecilia Domeyko directed, produced, and wrote about a group of peasant women in Chile who embroider tapestries about their lives and dreams, had aired on the Discovery Channel For Latin America.
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In 2003 Cecilia Domeyko produced the documentary Nombre Secreto: Mariposas.
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Cecilia Domeyko would go on to be the Washington Correspondent for several international media outlets including Chile's Revista Hoy Magazine and Latin American magazine Itsmo, where she covered the election of Jose Miguel Insulza as Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
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Cecilia Domeyko was Washington Correspondent for Diario La Segunda of Chile where she covered US politics.
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Alongside her journalistic writing, Cecilia Domeyko received early recognition as a published author for her book Lily, written in conjunction with Venezuelan film director, Abraham Pulido, which won the City of Caracas ANAC 1982 Script Award and was later adopted into a film by Pulido, winning the 1984 Venezuelan Best Picture award.
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In 2017 Cecilia Domeyko released the novel Sacrificio en la Frontera, a love story taking place on both sides of the US-Mexican border and that deals with the issue child trafficking.
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Cecilia Domeyko's ensuing book tour launched with a promotional visit to Altamira Libros bookstore in Coral Gables on October 26,2018, where the book was formally debuted.
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On July 15,2021, Cecilia Domeyko participated in a virtual panel discussion in support of her book hosted by the North American Chilean Chamber of Commerce, the Gabriela Mistral Foundation, and the Mariposa Cultural Foundation.
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Cecilia Domeyko began her on-camera reporting with Univision as reporter and producer of their Washington Bureau's national evening newscast and produced film and television specials.
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Cecilia Domeyko was a bilingual live anchor for Eternal World Television Network covering Pope John Paul II 1998 visit to Cuba, coverage of which garnered a worldwide audience of 350 million viewers.
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In 2008 Cecilia Domeyko wrote, directed, and produced the half hour Spanish-language magazine show "Celebremos Lo Latino," for Channel 25 of Baltimore, which would win National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Award for concept design, directing, writing, and producing.
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Cecilia Domeyko currently serves as director of USA-Canada chapter of the World Association of Women Journalists and Writers.
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Cecilia Domeyko founded the Mariposa Cultural Foundation, a nonprofit headquartered in Washington DC, in 2002.
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Cecilia Domeyko won the 2008 National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Award for concept design, directing, writing, and producing of "Celebremos Lo Latino," a Spanish magazine show for Channel 25 of Baltimore.