1. Paola Mendoza is a film director, activist, author, and artist.
11 Facts About Paola Mendoza
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Paola Mendoza came to the United States as an infant with her mother and brother.
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At the age of twelve Mendoza was involved with a gang.
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Paola Mendoza's mother sent her back to Colombia for a few years to live with an aunt to take her out of the gang situation.
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Paola Mendoza returned to Los Angeles for her senior year of high school.
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In 2004, Paola Mendoza starred in the film On the Outs, which won the Jury Award at the Deauville Film Festival.
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Paola Mendoza later wrote and directed the film, Entre nos, which was in part based on her mother's life.
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Paola Mendoza was a co-founder of the 2017 Women's March and served as its artistic director.
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In 2018, Paola Mendoza served as the creative director for the exhibition "I Am a Child" at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
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Paola Mendoza co-founded the Resistance Revival Chorus with Sarah Sophia Flicker and Ginny Suss.
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Paola Mendoza co-wrote the young adult novel Sanctuary, with Abby Sher, which made the Young Adult Library Services Association's Best Fiction for 2020 List.