Jesse Gift(I)

Jesse is a Breaking News, Primetime Emmy® Award recipient and multiple Emmy® Award nominee. His work has been watched by tens of millions on ABC, NBC, CBS, A&E, PBS, BBC, and more. Now an independent filmmaker, Jesse relishes telling stories that transcend reporting the news, stories that make an impact on everyone and have the potential to make the world better, not just entertained or even informed. The Migrant Child Farmworkers-Now High-Profile Professionals © is an original documentary short film narrated by Xolo Maridueña (star of Blue Beetle and Cobra Kai). The film features the inspiring, mostly unknown stories of ten former migrant child farmworkers (or children of farmworkers) who overcame seemingly impossible hardships, including homelessness, hunger, poverty, neglect, and abuse. Today, they are members of the US Congress and California state government, doctors, medical researchers, lawyers, engineers, leaders in education, and more. Their success stories will change today's narrative about migrant farmworkers, Latinos, immigrants, the underrepresented, and the marginalized; they will remind audiences that each and every child has been endowed with limitless human potential, no matter their background or circumstances.