Member Spotlight

I’m a correspondent for Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes and E! Entertainment. I also host a podcast called I Don’t Get It, and a show for JCPenney. I am the founder of a support group called Heart Broken Anonymous for people experiencing heart break or overwhelming distress. I started HBA after I left producing for ABC’s The Bachelor franchise. What I love most about my work (whatever it is) is making people feel seen.

I’m a Salvadorian-American television and film critic, podcast producer, and host based in New York City, working professionally as a critic for 7 years. I’ve loved all forms of entertainment since I was a kid and grew up acting, singing, and going to the movies nearly every weekend. With a degree in Theater Arts and a background in acting, interviewing actors and filmmakers is my favorite part of the job because I love talking shop with other artists and getting more into the weeds about an actor’s process, character development, career challenges, and filmmaking overall. 

I’ve always loved cinema and started writing about it right before my 19th birthday. I turned a pro film critic, or whatever that means, February 2010, self publishing ever since. I love turning feelings into words, placing myself at a particular time and space alongside a movie, and, mostly, I love to connect with others and teach then to love cinema as much as I do.

Movies have been present most of my life. My dad always took me to see great movies in Puerto Rico’s most iconic movie theatre back in the 1980’s. That led me to work in Puerto Rico’s biggest movie chain for a couple of years, learning mostly everything about the film industry and how to deliver a great film experience to customers.

I’ve knocked around the entertainment beat in Toronto since 1984 and can’t imagine doing anything else professionally. Our current show What She Said! aimed at women 35+ (we have male fans, too) runs five times a week on stations across Canada, with cross-border listeners as well.

“As a host, critic, and producer, I have been with the nationally syndicated television show Hollywood First Look for most of my career. It is one of the few television programs that specifically brings A-list celebrity interviews and Hollywood content to the Asian American community. I’m very proud of how this program has and continues to support AANHPI directors, actors, and creatives in Hollywood.”

“I love writing articles! I feel so honored and privileged to be an international member of the CCA.”

“I am an Italian film critic and journalist living in New York since 2011. After almost 30 years of writing about movies, I still love so much when my mind and my imaginations are captured by good storytelling and meaningful characters.”

“It took more than a minute, but The Idaho Press finally invested in an entertainment reporter. I was fortunate to be here in Boise at the right time and place and with the right stories that resonated with the community, locally and worldwide online.”

“Watching movies has always been one of my favorite past times growing up. My parents didn’t always have the money to purchase movie tickets for our family of five, but they could afford to rent a few movies from Blockbuster and other video rental stores. Each movie was an escape to another world, and experiences I felt were exciting. Which is the reason I became a movie critic.”