Ever wonder who is behind the scenes of the Latino Film Market?
Meet the Latino Film Market Team
Arilyn Martínez Cora
FOUNDER/DIRECTOR
Arilyn Martínez Cora is an entrepreneur, educator, and filmmaker from Puerto Rico. She has been producing and directing films in the U.S and her native country for almost a decade. Her passion has been promoting and informing the community about the Latinx entertainment world in film, television and online platforms.
Martínez Cora is the Founder/Director of the Latino Film Market Inc. (LFM). The LFM is a woman-run 501c3 not-for-profit that provides information about film distribution to the Latinx filmmakers since 2017. Through the LFM, Martinez Cora has help sold 5 short-films and 1 feature film.
Martinez Cora is dedicated to empowering women through education and media. She co-produced the TV show special Empowering Women In Media Panel—a collaboration with the company Girl Love Yourself Now and Manhattan Neighborhood Network. She supports Latino film projects and storytelling from the women's perspective. She worked as an artist teacher and a professor for Reel Works and Boricua College.
Martínez Cora holds two Bachelor’s degrees, one in Theatre Arts from the University of Puerto Rico, and the second one in Film Production from Brooklyn College, New York City. She also has a Masters degree in Marketing from the University of Phoenix. Currently she is working in developing a web series, and a documentary.
Laura Rosado
Treasure & ARTISTIC COORDINATOR
Witty, passionate and smart are just a few words to describe Laura Rosado. Laura is the C.E.O for Powerhouse One Entertainment, and the entertainment host of "Somos De Quisqueya" an entertainment and cultural show presented on the MNN channel. From the Bronx, Laura first became interested in pop culture while attending Fordham University. Laura interned at Sony Music and the Red Carpet at Columbia Pictures.
Upon graduating, she went on to work for Latinvision Media in public relations, and interviewing artists/talent such as; Jhoni the Voice, Francheska, Lin Manuel Miranda, among others. In addition, she received a public relations certificate from New York University School for Professional Studies, and is an animal lover. Laura values the music and she thinks that it is a big component of film.
Luz Ahmed
SECRETARY
Luz Ahmed is a domestic abuse survivor. She is a community organizer helping on different organizations like Milagros Day among others. She focuses on administrative work.
George Luis Acevedo
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
George Luis Acevedo was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Herbert H. Lehman College in Mass Communications. He has held management positions with several wine and spirit companies, involved with the promotions and sales for such brands as Alize, Robert Mondavi wines, Dewar’s White Label Scotch, Remy Martin Cognac among others. He sits on several not for profits including Latina 50 Plus, the Bronx Council for the Arts, and the Bronx Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and consults numerous other not for profits.
He was the Director of the Bronx Women’s Business Resource Center, where he was responsible for it earning acknowledgement as the best small business center by the Empire State Development Corporation. He presently runs his own promotion company Ace Promotions which assists small businesses and community organizations. He is also a caretaker for his 90-year-old mother who is unable to walk. George has two married daughters who reside in Florida, and enjoys reading, the arts, cinema and surfing the web. He resides in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx and enjoys being single
Nadya Encarnacion
ARTISTIC COORDINATOr
She is a native New York City Latina of Dominican heritage actress and singer working and living in New York.
Nadya has worked in theatre, musical theatre, television, voiceover & film. She was recently seen on Investigation Discovery channel’s Primal Instinct, season one premiere episode Red Wedding and the award-winning short film, The Saxophonist, on Amazon Prime Video.
Along with acting & music she works in youth development & juvenile justice. On the other hand, Miss. Encarnacion and her twin brother, Nadhir, have a Latin fusion musical duo Le Twinz. She feels proud to graduate of American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), Fairfield University (BA) & Manhattan College (MA).
Anabel Perez
INTERN - Administrative
Anabel is currently studying a Bachelors in Business Administration from Lehman College. She love to do makeup and hair. Miss. Perez is looking foward to build her business while working for a company in the Human Resources area.
