Kiana Rivera Email and Phone Number

Guest Artist, Te ʻIti Te Mārama, 2022California Arts Council Impact GrantGuest CuratorIndigenous art creation. Guest Curator for “Recipe For Joy: A Children’s Art Exhibit”(2021) “Toe Foʻi: The Return” (2022).

Moderate panels for Pacific Cine Waves during the Los Angeles Asian American Pacific Film Festival.Screen films for HBO API Visionaries (2021).Programmer and Mentor for Armed With A Camera Fellowship (2022-23).Serve as a Cultural Consultant for Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander programming.

I am a Queer/Trans Pasifika Playwright and theatre artist with a strong focus on indigenous arts and advocacy. I am also a stage/film/voice actress who loves voice-over work especially. I do have a workshop that is centered on biographical writing and finding our voice through movement.

Develop and implement culturally appropriate narrative change strategies that help build political will for Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islanders (NHPI) in the U.S.Design messaging campaigns of social action. Coordinate roll out strategy, utilizing: press release distribution, curated speaking engagements, anecdotal data collection via the Pasifika tradition of story circles, and Impact Curriculum and Social Media Toolkits for specific calls to action. Responsible for overseeing the overall branding and representation of EPIC.Consult businesses on NHPI issues, culture, people. Build a network of NHPI artists, community based organizations, and national/state organizations involved in social justice and movement building.Participated in budgeting and grant writing and prospecting. As a Community Health Worker, I developed live and virtual programming to engage the community in COVID-19 best practices and vaccination which includes curating art exhibits and facilitating workshops at the Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum and moderated panels on Facebook Live

Conduct community health outreach to Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities across California through digital communications and in the field. Outreach topics cover COVID-19 best practices, vaccination concerns, referrals, and appointments. As Communications Lead, I manage all social media content including content creation, build relationships with media, create content for weekly newsletters, and curate online discussions.

Co-teach THEA 418 There of Community Engagement.Engage and guide students in developing social justice theatre.

Taught PACS 303: Thinking Through Pacific Art, Ritual, Performance one semester with the Center of Pacific Island Studies as a Lecturer. Engage and guide students to produce with a social justice and Ethnic Studies lens.

Manage and oversee the operations of Save the Food Basket. Order and/or purchase all food and supplies necessary for a smooth operation of Food Basket activities within established budgetary constraints.Establish and maintain systems for measuring and monitoring inventory receipts and disbursements in accordance with established policies. Turn in all receipts and compile weekly and monthly expense reports and submit it to the Accountant. Input expenses and costs for each client served and submitted the monthly report to ACCT and Hawaii Foodbank. Recruit all volunteers to assist in Food Basket operations. Train and manage volunteers to assist in all operations.Schedule all volunteer activities and following up to ensure volunteers arrive as scheduled or have substitutes.

Conduct intakes and assessments for homeless individuals and families seeking shelter and support services.Refer applicants to appropriate services providers.Register new clients into Next Step Shelter.Assist clients with goal setting by formalizing a Housing Plan that will best suit the needs of each individual, couple and family.Holding clients responsible and accountable for goals met or not met by recommending disciplinary actions to management.Work as a team of providers to make appropriate client-centered treatment plans. Address the needs of each client that prevent them from becoming housing or job-ready.Provide case management and client advocacy between various service providers.

Check Next Step Members in/out of the shelter.Secure the shelter grounds.Assist Next Step Members with getting basic needs met by providing food, clothing, linking them to medical care.Establish rapport with Members.De-escalating Members who experience emotional and sometimes physical outbursts.

Early childhood mathematics teacher to children ages 3.5-8 years oldLesson planningAssess children’s development and suggesting appropriate placement into classesSchedule and organize make-up classes and free trialsMarket the program to interested parents

Provided medical case management to people living with HIV/AIDSProvided access to medical careFacilitate and organized HIV Support Groups for patients ages 18-65Provided referrals to AIDS Service organizations (ASOs)Member of State of Hawaii HIV/AIDS Community Planning Group Provided anonymous health education and awareness to national hotline callers via the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist:-Provided individual tobacco cessation counseling for HIV patients.-Provided individual brief tobacco intervention to all Waikiki Health Center patients.-Prescribe nicotine replacement therapy.

Provided education on STDs/HIV, family planning and tobacco cessation to homeless, run-away, "street identified" youth (ages 13-22) and sex industry workers (appx. ages 14-44)Conducted street outreach to homeless youth/young adults and sex industry workers.Coordinated health fairs and health fair boothsFacilitated support groups for Youth Outreach clients.Provided individual counseling to Youth Outreach clients and sex industry clients when necessary.Reported to State Dept. of Health Family Planning Dept.

Developed curriculum directed toward youth 14-16Provided drama education for children ages 5-14

Come up with artistic concepts for a customer's headshot session.Hair and makeup artist.

Provided child care for Waikiki hotels; Halekulani, Sheraton Hotels Waikiki, Pacific Beach, Coordinated Summer Program for Halekulani hotelSupervised and lead daily activities