[1] His directed features have been nationally broadcast on PBS and CNN over the past 25 years.
[2] His series Latino Americans[3] won a Peabody Award in 2013,[4] and his work has received two national Emmy nominations.
Valadez studied filmmaking at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he received a BFA.
[8] He received an MFA in filmmaking from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier.
[15] The film explores the deportation of US military veterans, and played a role in helping to change[16] national policy, allowing deported veterans and their families to return home[17][18] POV series.