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The Migrant Child Farmworkers – Now High-Profile Professionals©: A Film Screening

Wed, March 11, 2026
Dinner Program
Diane Wagner '87
Diane Wagner '87

Diane Wagner '87

The Migrant Child Farmworkers – Now High-Profile Professionals© is an original documentary short film (executive producer Diane Wagner ’87, director Jesse Gift) featuring Xolo Maridueña, star of Blue Beetle and Cobra Kai. This poignant and inspiring film showcases eleven children, mostly of poor farm-working families, who overcame homelessness, hunger, poverty, neglect, and abuse to become successful and prominent members of our society. As children, many worked full-time as migrant child farmworkers with their earnings going to help the family survive. Today they are engineers, doctors, lawyers, medical professors, researchers, educators, and leaders elected to the U.S. Congress and California State Assembly and Senate. Their achievements, in defiance of formidable odds, societal cruelty, and adversity, are a testament to the indomitable human spirit.

Diane Wagner ‘87 is the executive producer of The Migrant Child Farmworkers – Now High-Profile Professionals©. After a successful career in market research consulting for Fortune 500 clients, Wagner is now an independent storyteller who is passionate about telling stories that inspire audiences, especially children, to elevate their self-image, better recognize their potential, and gain access to more educational opportunities.

Wagner studied Economics at Claremont McKenna College and subsequently earned her MBA from U.C. Irvine.

The screening will be followed by comments and Q & A with Diane Wagner and Jesse Gift and might also include featured presenter Xolo Maridueña, Xolo’s Hollywood manager Brandon Guzmán (a former undocumented migrant child farmworker who is also featured in the film), former Congressman Tony Cárdenas, Congressman Raul Ruiz and more. This website will be updated accordingly.

This program is co-sponsored by the President’s Office and Open Academy.

SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Film will be screened during dinner starting at 6:20 pm and will be followed by comments from Diane Wagner and audience Q & A.
 

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