Teja The Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Teja has given over 2,000 keynote speeches, performances and presentations, and has produced and facilitated hundreds of live comedy, drama and discussion programs on race, culture and identity. Watch his TEDx talk, Race: Human. The Unscience of Race.
Teja The Producer
Award-Winning Storyteller
Teja has an EMMY Award and five Telly Awards. His PBS documentaries such as Crossing The Line: Multiracial Comedians, and Model Minority: Do The Math, have stirred considerable discussions on identity, race and culture in the news including The NY Times, LA Times, USA Today and National Public Radio. His Discovery Education series Diversity Elementary has been a big success in many countries. Arboleda has edited and created over 150 national and internationally acclaimed social-issues oriented full-length documentaries and magazine-style news programs such as PBS's Frontline.
He is the author and illustrator of books on multiracial and multicultural identity, including In The Shadow of Race, Mixed Feelings and Jeni So Many.
Arboleda is Co-Executive Producer, Director of Photography and Editor at Tow-Arboleda Films whose award-winning social impact videos address racism and bullying against Asian Americans have garnered tens of millions of collective views worldwide.
Teja grew up in Tokyo, Japan, and has a deep appreciation for diversity and humankindness.
Learn More
Storytelling is the oldest form of human entertainment. Also, stories are the best way to preserve and share culture. What's your story?
IT'S BLENDIER ON THE INSIDE
Mixed At Birth
Available for:
- Speaking engagements
- Media interviews
- Consulting
Subject matters of interest for healthy mixed family building:
- Multiracial / Biracial parenting advice
- Multicultural family conflict resolution
- Resilience Building
- Overcoming Bias
- TCK (Third Culture Kid) support
- Cross-racial adoption parenting advice
- Foster care parenting
Philosophy: "There is no box."
About Entertaining Diversity
What's Your Mix
Teja: is the little one on the right, drooling on his bib, and without a care for the pigmentation of his parent's skin.