Miguel Orozco was born in East LA and moved to Utah as a teen. The culture shock led to his passion for writing stories about identity in marginalized communities. The film A Better Life inspired his feature Mixteco Kid which was selected for NALIP’s Writers Lab, was a finalist for the 2022 Humanitas New Voices Fellowship and was a quarterfinalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship. Miguel co-founded an educational film company and Ánimo Theatre to write/produce plays to celebrate diversity. He started his career in Washington, DC as a Senate staffer and once wrote an Obama Reggaetón that went viral.