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He serves as CEO of the Latino Film Institute (LFI), where he oversees the Youth Cinema Project, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), and LatinX in Animation. In 2018, <em>LA Weekly<\/em> named Agustin one of the fifty most essential people in Los Angeles. In 2021, Agustin was appointed to the National Film Preservation Board at the Library of Congress. Agustin received his BA and MA from UCLA&#8217;s School of Theater, Film &amp; Television and is an alumnus of the CBS Diversity Comedy Showcase. His new memoir is called <em>Illegally Yours<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Agustin was a writer on the award-winning The CW show Jane the Virgin. 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