Rafael Agustín '03, M.A. '04

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"Illegally Yours," the comedic memoir of Rafael Agustín '03, M.A. '04, will be published on July 12 and the theater major, a TFT alumnus who was a writer for the television show "Jane the Virgin," is busy making the rounds to promote it. He has received advance coverage by the Los Angeles Times and will be appearing in numerous places on various types of media in the coming days, including:

"CBS Mornings" (July 12); also "CBS Mornings" podcast
"American Voices" on MSNBC
"Fresh Air" on NPR
"The Michelangelo Signorile Show" on SiriusXM
People Magazine
USA Today

The book has made Amazon’s Book of the Month list and is also a Barnes & Noble Priority Title for the month.

Born in Ecuador to a father who was a surgeon and a mother who was an anesthesiologist, Agustín moved with his family to the Southern California when he was a child and for years was unaware of his undocumented status. When he eventually found out, as described in the L.A. Times article, "He coped by burying his identity. 'I decided I’d be the most popular kid in school,' Agustín says. 'I became class president and prom king and a top 10 student so no one would ever suspect the truth about me.'”

Today he is CEO of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, where he once volunteered, and executive director of its Youth Cinema Project.

Read more about Agustín in this UCLA Newsroom article.