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Title and Organization:		abel molina, the playwright, arte entertainment
Gender and Age:		Male, 43
Location:		Gurnee, Illinois
Country of Residence:		United States
Country of Birth:		Philippines
Languages:		English , Tagalog



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About Me

A multi-awarded playwright, Abel is a Case Worker and has been working as a Training Specialist in a classroom with severe and profound mental retardation in Countryside Association's Lakeside Work and Training Center in Chicago. He is a registered Qualified Mental Retardation Professional (QMRP) by the Illinois Department of Human Services. Besides being a role model, Abel always finds innovative ways in dealing with people with disabilities and has a huge impact on individuals he works with in his classroom. He was awarded a certificate of achievement for exemplary contribution in enriching the lives of people with developmental disabilities. His feat was recognized as extraordinary by the organization he works with, the same citations given by the Illinois Chapter of the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR). He received a Parchment Copy of the 108th Congressional Record of the United States of America Vol. 149 in which his achievement has been permanently entered by Senator Richard Durbin addressed to the President of the United States. Abel immigrated in the US in 1999; a major in psychology and was accredited with a bachelor's degree by the World Education Services in New York; He is also a noted poet, film scriptwriter and a production designer in the Philippine cinema; a National Fellows of the University of the Philippine's 1993 Creative Writing. A two-time grand prize winner of the Palanca Awards in playwriting, the country's most prestigious and highest literary benchmark equivalent to Pulitzer's Prize. He has worked with the country's finest film directors and award winning actors on stage, TV and films. Abel has established his name as one of the respected contemporary writers in his country, most of his works dealing with psychological punch. His winning works have been produced and staged at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the Philippine Int'l. Convention Center (PICC). He is currently the CEO of Arte Entertainment of Chicago.

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