Maylen Calienes

Maylen Calienes, is an award winning writer, director, actor & producer. She was born in Cuba and raised in Miami, FL where her career began in writing, directing and acting for theatre. She later moved to Los Angeles, CA where she started filmmaking. Maylen has written, directed and produced several films and has worked on other multicultural projects. A movie she executive produced, "Esta Es Tu Cuba," is the winner of a Student Academy Award, Directors Guild Award, Emmy Award and it is streaming on HBO. Her award winning tv/web series "The Three Bilinguals" which she wrote and directed is streaming at www.queeyetv.com Two of her short films "Esta Es Tu Cuba" & "And The Brave Shall Rise" have been Oscar contenders. She is the founder of the Latino Filmmakers Network which made its debut at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Maylen has been a big advocate of diversity and inclusion in the entertainment industry for many years and a voice of the LatinX community. She produces the New Normal Reading Series in Hollywood & Atlanta which is an evening of live music, stand up comedy and stage readings by underrepresented storytellers.