Sharon Arteaga is a first-generation Mexican-American filmmaker from Corpus Christi, Texas, who convinced her mom to buy her a video camera instead of a Quinceañera.
Included in NALIP’s 2019 List of Latinx Directors to Know, Arteaga has won numerous short film competitions including the 2021 HBO Latinx short Film Competition. Arteaga was a 2019 Tribeca Chanel Through Her Lens finalist for her short screenplay IN TOW, which also won runner up at the 2020 New Orleans Film Festival South Pitch, was a Semifinalist in ScreenCraft’s Film Fund and most recently, was awarded the 2021 Mexican-American Cultural Education Foundation Filmmaker Grant.
Arteaga is currently developing her first feature film. She is also a passionate educator who loves empowering others to also tell their stories through film.
Sharon currently works with Austin Film Society as their Senior Manager of Filmmaker Support. 
For more information about Sharon, visit her website: https://www.sharonarte.com/

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