NALIP has National Signature Programs dedicated to improving the skills and relationships of our members as they advance their documentary and narrative projects to production and release.

The revelations of the 2000 census about America’s current ethnic make-up, and the companion statistics from Professor Chon A. Noriega and the National Hispanic Media Coalition about the percentage of minorities who work in mainstream and independent media point to a gap: too few Latino producers, directors, writers, actors and other technicians work in film, television and media arts professions.

NALIP is committed to investigating and improving access and opportunities at all points of the media product pipeline, starting at the beginning: how we train our next generation of media makers and how we educate emerging and mid-career professionals.