Hi, I’m
MARGARET MEDINA
Valley Village,CA
There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins
Overview
2016
years of professional experience
Work History
Scoot Education- The Mirman School
06.2015 - 01.2016
Job overview
- Taught Spanish fundamentals.6thgrade.
- Review of vocabulary, analyzed present tense conjugation, and stem changing verbs.
- Examined homework with sentence structure and verb usage.
- Engaged students to speak basic Spanish conversation.
- Wildwood school- Taught 8th -12th- Examined Preterit and Imperfect tenses.
- Focused on car, gar and zar, and stem changing verbs.
- Reviewed homework, and workbook usage of verbs in sentence structure with use of vocabulary.
- Actively engaged students to converse using the preterit and imperfect.
- Ingenium Elementary- Worked with autistic children one on one, assisted teacher with classroom management, implemented standards, and core curriculum ages 3-8.
- Margarita's Garage- Ongoing workshop nurturing writers.
- Writers workshop their work in twelve weeks to the community.
- Present The Collective Acting Workshop- Taught fundamentals of acting.
- Multi-racial acting company.
- Students learned from guest professionals in the fields of film and theatre.
- Annual showcase, presentation of final works.
The Big City Lab
01.2011 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Taught creative writing and performance to El Camino Nuevo, MacArthur Park campus, student’s grades 9-12 with a team of professionals in various disciplines: Urban planning, photography, writing, graphic design.
- Leonardo Bravo - Supervisor, March2015 Guest lecturer-Cal State University Northridge “Chicanos in the Arts” Lectured on the fundamentals of playwriting, and structure in Josephina Lopez's Real Women Have Curves.
- November 2019,0ct.
- 2015 Playwriting instructor, CASA0101 “Stories for the Stage”- Taught fundamentals of playwriting from narrative to dramatic writing.
- In twelve-week, course writers explored Aristotelian structure, creative writing prompts, revision, cumulating in ten-minute play presentations.
- Beginning and Advanced Acting instructor, CASA 0101, Taught fundamentals of acting, improvisation using Meissner technique, theater games, sense memory, Uta Hagen and Stanislavsky methods, culminating in students presenting final scenes.
01.2012 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Graduate program lecturer “Magical Realism in Narrative and Dramatic Writing “Creative Writing Program- Goddard College.
- Lectured on Magical Realism origins, and examples in narrative and, dramatic writing.
- Students explored writing magical realism with creative writing prompts.
- 2012 Guest lecturer, solo performance and storytelling.
- Cypress College Lectured on solo performance, and storytelling in the Language and Arts department.
- Performed thirty-minute show in big assembly.
- 2006 Teaching assistant, Student Learning Scholarship, Teaching Popular Cultured.
- Kelli Dawson, English dept., California State University Northridge- supervised CSUN undergraduates, assisted students with lesson plans, lectures and presentations to Jack London continuation students.
- Liaison between professor and college students.
State University
Teacher, Professor
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Job overview
- Childrens theatre- field work, Callahan Elementary school, Cal, Northridge class, “Teaching Children Theatre”, , Anna Marie Gallardo.
- Taught children physical movement from “A Very Hungry Caterpillar “narrative reading to theatre.
- 2003 MARGARITA PAGE 3 Theatre Production A Force to be Reckoned With, playwright and producer, performance of full-length play.
- Six- week run at Casa0101, Boyle Heights, California.
Josephina Lopez -artistic director, Emmanuel Deleage Executive
director
06.2014 - 09.2014
Job overview
- Margarita On the Rocks, playwright, solo performer, producer.
- Performed at Rio Hondo college 2013, Cypress college 2006, 2007, The North Hollywood Arts Festival 2001, HBO workspace2002, Casa0101 2001,2009, The Creative Center for a four month run2001 Acceptance, Bullies and Castanets, playwright and performer in solo show presented as part of “Slice of Rice, Frijoles and Greens” Great Leap's theatre company touring production.
- Performed at University of Southern California, University of California Los Angeles, University of Nebraska, Michigan State University, University of Colorado.
Boulder, Ohio State University
01.2000 - 01.2007
Job overview
- PUBLICATIONS “El BARRIO” The Moment, poetry magazine.
- Volume, X 1985 “Mexican Mothers and Freeways” Brooklyn and Boyle.
- May 2015 “The Audacious Hope of Cynthia Bond” interview, Author of “Ruby “ The Clock house ,Aug 2017.
Education
LAUSD– The Career Center
Certified Teaching Artist
2016
Goddard College
Master of Fine Arts from Creative Writing
2013
California State University
Master's
2008
University Overview
Long critical paper: Magical Realism and Theatre Theory in the Plays of Jose Cruz
Gonzalez and Octavio Solis.
Bachelor of Arts from Theatre Arts, Theatre in Performance, Theatre Theory
1998
University Overview
Margarita on the Rocks- Solo, Graduated with theatre honors 2008, Deans List: Two semesters Fall2005, Spring 2006
Student learning scholarship Spring 2006
Best solo show – Play reviews.com 2001
National Council of La Raza Alma Award recipient:
Outstanding Latina Cast
(Foto-Novelas, The Fix, PBS.
Los Angeles Pierce College
Associate of Arts degree
1985
Timeline
Scoot Education- The Mirman School
06.2015 - 01.2016
Josephina Lopez -artistic director, Emmanuel Deleage Executive director
06.2014 - 09.2014
01.2012 - 01.2015
The Big City Lab
01.2011 - 01.2015
Boulder, Ohio State University
01.2000 - 01.2007
LAUSD– The Career Center
Certified Teaching Artist
Goddard College
Master of Fine Arts from Creative Writing
California State University
Master's
Bachelor of Arts from Theatre Arts, Theatre in Performance, Theatre Theory
Los Angeles Pierce College
Associate of Arts degree
Teacher, Professor
State University
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Accomplishments
- MEMBERSHIPS Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association Professional Performed in professional theatre, films, television, and commercials.
- Notable Films: Speed, Colors, Falling Down Actress.
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