Jennifer Crocker-Villegas

Unique traits: bilingual

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  Shades of Survival Drama Escaping abuse, sex trafficking, and death Maria, Priya, and Nasim are forced to leave their countries of El Salvador, Iraq, and India for life in the United States. Their lives collide in this powerful story of survival, love, and self-discovery.

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  Fake Being Normal (2019 - 2020)
  Film (short) writer

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  Journey of a Cotton Blossom (2016)
  Print author Born amid the bigotry of the Deep South, mixed-race Joseph is a slave in all but name. Separated from his mother at birth, he yearns to run away from his loveless home and find her. It’s a journey that will take him from plantation to plantation and hardship to hardship, yielding joy, sorrow, and love along the way. Years later, Joseph’s son, Isaiah, faces his own journey: coming to terms with his homosexuality. But society is still slow to accept change, and Isaiah fears rejection from even those closest to his heart. From 1940s Mississippi to the civil rights era of the ’60s and the push for LGBT equality, Journey of a Cotton Blossom follows three generations of a family fighting for liberation. J.C. Villegas paints an eye-opening story that will inspire readers to open their hearts to love. Though her characters face different types of discrimination, they all draw strength from love and from their faith. Can Joseph find the mother he has never met? Can Isaiah survive injustice and adversity? And can they each learn to love themselves in the face of a world that challenges their right to exist?

• Gold for LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival
  (2023)

• Quarterfinalist for Scriptapalooza Competition
  (2023)

• Quarterfinalist for BlueCat Screenplay
  (2023)

• University of Southern Mississippi
  (2005-2011)