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Film Writer.
Educator.
Creative. 

About

Kathy Michelle Chacón is a Salvadoran-American film journalist, programmer, and educator with a deep commitment to engaging diverse audiences in inclusive and thought-provoking learning experiences. Based in the Greater Los Angeles area—with over seven years of global experience working across the U.S., UK, Japan, and Spain—her multidisciplinary work exists at the intersection of visual culture, education, and transformative community engagement.

Kathy Michelle Chacón 2025

Education

2024 - 2025

Master of Philosophy in  

Film and Screen Studies

University of Cambridge

2016 - 2020

Bachelor of Arts in

Media and Cultural Studies

UC Riverside

Dissertation Title: Maternal New Wave: Exploring the Rise of Female Authorship in 21st Century Horror Cinema and the Reimagined Visions of Motherhood and Monstrosity in Suicide by Sunlight (2019), Nanny (2022), and Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) | Supervisor: Dr Georgina Evans | Awarded Distinction

Relevant Coursework: Ethnic Studies (A), Global Communication (A+), International Cinemas (A), Cuban Cinema (A), French Cinema (A), Vienna in Film (A+), Japanese Media and Cultural Studies (A+), Queer Texts and Bodies [Queer Aesthetics] (A), Politics of Visual Culture (A+), Film and Visual Culture (A), Cultural Studies (A+) | Summa cum laude

Selected Experience

Head of Coordination for Mentors-Mentees
Instructional Aide
(K-12)
North American Language and Culture Assistant

The Palestine Educational Opportunity Initiative

2025 - Present

Jurupa Unified School District
2022 - 2024

Spanish Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports

2021 - 2022

Honors & Awards

Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2024 - 2025

Full funding awarded to complete MPhil in Film and Screen Studies at the University of Cambridge, King’s College

U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship 2019
Judith Stolpa Neveau International Studies Scholarship 2019
John Phillips Memorial Scholarship 2019

Full funding awarded to complete UC Education Abroad Program at Queen Mary University of London

Media Features & Mentions

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