BIO

Araceli Hernandez is a New Mexico State University graduate. She studied Digital Film Making with a main focus in editing and documentary filmmaking. Aside from her bachelor’s degree, she also pursued a minor in animation and visual effects, as well as a minor in marketing. Born and raised in a small town, her career in filmmaking began in middle school where she joined a digital arts program over the summer. She continued throughout high school where she joined a video production class and multiple audio-visual clubs. After high school she joined the Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University. While in college, Araceli worked on a handful of projects and expanded her knowledge in a variety of areas of the film making process. A short film she worked on called LoveLace won the audience award at the Las Cruces International Film Festival in March of 2020. During that same semester, her progress on a documentary titled Golden Days was cut short and all classes were moved online due to the spread of COVID-19. During her time in quarantine, she worked on a collaborative documentary titled Success: A documentary about failure which was later screened on a local public media channel as well as at NMSU’s CMI Drive-In Showcase. Golden Days would later be finished and sent to a film festival where it will hopefully reach a wide audience.