With a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding comedy series and a Rising Star nod from the Outfest Legacy Awards, Saracho has been praised for creating opportunities for Latinx and LGBTQ voices and for showcasing them on camera on the Starz series Vida.

In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather refused Brando’s Oscar on his behalf and highlighted the treatment of Native American by Hollywood Jane Russell was one of Old Hollywood’s greatest stars showing her acting talents, dancing skills and vocal capabilities in a range of her movies. Russell rose to fame from her role in The Outlaw and is probably best known for playing the role of Dorothy Shaw alongside Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Jane Russell went on to have a career in the music industry and even appeared on Broadway.I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW "Chris Colfer playing Kurt on Glee. I was in high school, which was an incredibly formative time to see myself reflected in media." MY MENTOR IS"James Anderson, who held down the fort at SNL by writing so many queer sketches over the years that shaped my sensibility. He’s gone out of his way to be a good friend, and the same goes for B.D. Wong after I worked with him. It’s all crazy wish fulfillment." I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW"Bugs Bunny outsmart the status quo with a wink and a witty remark."

MY MENTOR IS"My former boss Stephen Friedman, who gave me my first shot as a freelancer at MTV — I’ve never worked so hard to get a job and never learned so much from one person."MY MENTOR IS "I'm not sure I have a mentor, but Mike Leigh is a good friend and a constant source of inspiration." The beginning of the Old Hollywood era is marked by the introduction of sound films. Changing from silent films to “the talkies” was a changing point in Hollywood and with it came a rise to global cinema.In 1927, “The Jazz Singer” was the first film to use synchronized dialogue and it marked the beginning of the end for silent films. The Academy Awards also began that same year and Warner Bros. received an Honorary Award for their pioneering on “The Jazz Singer”. The movie was not nominated as Best Picture as it was deemed unfair to put a “talkie” up against silent movies.

Books : “Garbo: Her Life, Her Films” by Gottlieb, “Greta Garbo: A Life Apart” by Karen Swenson Natalie Wood Books : “Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend” by Earl Hess & Pratibha A. Dabholkar, “Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams” by Alvin Yudkoff, “He’s Got Rhythm: The Life and Career of Gene Kelly” by Cynthia Brideson Sidney Poitier I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN"I was riding down Fifth Avenue on the Bravo float at World Pride." Vera-Ellen was an American film actress and dancer, starring in many musicals throughout her career. In 1939, Vera-Ellen made her Broadway debut in Very Warm May and went on to perform in other Broadway musicals. It was her Broadway presence that drew the attention of MGM and began Vera-Ellen’s Hollywood career. Vera-Ellen only appeared in 14 Hollywood films, however those she performed in are still remembered today, starring alongside the best Hollywood actors such as Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. The memorable Christmas classic, the musical White Christmas still remains a fan favourite and is shown every year on our tv screens. I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW"Billy Crystal in Soap. Suddenly, a clever, funny, kind, hot gay man on TV, that's still rare."Books :“Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise” by Scott Eyman, “Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend” by Mark Glancy, “Cary Grant: A Class Apart” by Graham McCann Clark Gable Books : “Lauren Bacall by Myself” by Lauren Bacall, “By Myself and Then Some” by Lauren Bacall Ann-Margret I FIRST FELT REPRESENTED WHEN I SAW" Miss Congeniality! There is this small moment where Miss New York shouts out to all the lesbians and tells her girlfriend Tina she loves her. It’s played as a joke but it filled me with such immense joy and hope." MY MENTOR IS"Neil Landau ( Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead), who has been a friend, a counselor and a lifeline since I wrote the first draft of Pose in his TV Drama Pilot workshop at UCLA."