Teja The Speaker

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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 nationwide discussions on identity, race and culture. He has been featured in major news outlets including The NY Times, LA Times, USA Today and National Public Radio. 

Arboleda has produced, directed and edited over 150 national and internationally acclaimed social-issues oriented full-length documentaries and magazine-style news programs, including the multiple Peabody and Emmy-winning PBS series, FRONTLINE.. His series Diversity Elementary has been a big success in many countries. 

Arboleda is the Chief of Global Creative Services at Ibis Consulting Group, overseeing all aspects of innovation and creative content development, as well as globalization of its consulting and training programs for global B2B clients including Google, Hasbro, Gannett, Walmart, 3M, Biogen, Kohl’s, Edgewell, Freddie Mac, Stanford University, Federal Reserve Bank, and many more.

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.