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• Nominated for the 16th International Children’s Peace Prize. The prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded each year to a child who has made a special effort to promote children’s rights and better the situation of vulnerable children.

• Faith’s World was one of sixty films selected out of 600 submissions to be featured in the 23^rd United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) which was held in California in October 2020. UNAFF is an international documentary film festival that celebrates the power of films dealing with human rights, environmental themes, women’s issues, protection of refugees, homelessness, racism, children, disease control, universal education, war, and peace.

• Faith Guilbault, and her mentor, Joyce Chopra, won the Youth Vision Award at the UNAFF for FAITH’S WORLD in October 2020. It was a powerful way to celebrate the 30th year anniversary of the Disabilities Act with this personal and Illuminating film that will broadcast on public television in 2021.

• FAITH’S WORLD was accepted to the 10^th Anniversary Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) September 2021. RIFF is a competitive festival that accepts features and shorts of all genres (films & screenplays). RIFF brings 130+ Official Selection film screenings from more than 25 countries plus industry panels, the FLOW Collective Conference, Q&As, live music showcases, red carpet awards, entertainment & networking mixers, all of which bring the spirit of Hollywood to beautiful Richmond, Virginia at the Bow Tie Cinemas and the historic Byrd Theatre.

• Faith Guilbault won the 2021 Rising Star Award at the 10th Anniversary Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF). Watch some of our highlights from the festival: https://youtu.be/4IQaI24dCEs

On a National platform Faith has been volunteering her time with The Runway of Dreams Foundation based out of New Jersey since 2015. The nonprofit works toward a future of inclusion, acceptance, and opportunity in the fashion industry for people with disabilities. They announced their collaboration with Tommy Hilfiger in 2016 when they launched their first line of adaptive clothing. She has had many amazing opportunities with The Runway of Dreams Foundation such as:

• Appearing on the Runway of Dreams website and was also one of their first virtual models on their social media platforms. https://www.runwayofdreams.org/

• Walked the runway in New York City showcasing Tommy Hilfiger’s Tommy Adaptive Line at the Runway of Dreams 2016 Gala & Fashion Show and was also interviewed for different media outlets.

• Appeared in the 2016 Fall and Holiday Adaptive Clothing Fashion Campaign photo shoot for Tommy Hilfiger.

• Appeared in several videos and articles such as, Humankind, The Mighty, MIC, The Huffington Post, The Tommy Hilfiger Blog, Don’t Hide It Flaunt it, Delaware Today, Cecil Whig, and more.

• Attended a celebration at the White House in 2016 for inclusive design, prosthetics, and assistive technology.

• Appeared in a CBS Segment in March 2017 https://youtu.be/bwUkJz8I5X8  

• Volunteered in one of the Runway of Dreams Ambassador programs called The Dream Team.

• She and her mother volunteered their time to organize, obtain adaptive clothing donations, collected information on all models, and hosted several fashions shows showcasing adaptive clothing from the different brands such as Runway of Dreams, Tommy Adaptive, Kohls Adaptive, Target Adaptive, Zappos Adaptive, Koolway Sports and Buck & Buck for the following organizations: The Eastern Shore Self Advocacy Group, Easterseals Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore and The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region.

• Walked the runway in New York City showcasing Kohls Adaptive Options at the Runway of Dreams 2019 Revolution Gala & Fashion Show and was also interviewed for different media outlets.

• Appeared in the Runway of Dreams 2019 mini documentary called “People with Disabilities” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj7Cqos8YdQ

• Appears on the Gamut Management website which is a modeling agency for people with disabilities and is also a client of theirs. https://www.gamutmanagement.com/

• Stared and directed, with her mentor, Joyce Chopra in her documentary called “FAITH’S WORLD” with BYkids Films where she opens up and shares her life of living with a disability and how her wish is for students and society to embrace our similarities, not our differences. https://www.pbs.org/video/faiths-world-ozblht/

• A screening of FAITH’S WORLD premiered online with the United Nations Association of New York on December 3, 2020 and broadcasted on public television on April 20^th, 2021. The film was distributed by Discovery Education, PBS LearningMedia and PenPal Schools. Faith’s World will be shared with kids and teachers with a standards-aligned school guide and a take action guide to engage kids in conversations and actions around education and inclusion. https://www.pbs.org/video/faiths-world-ozblht/

• Appeared on a number of podcasts and zoom interviews for FAITH’S WORLD.

• Appeared on a dynamic panel discussion on the need for design innovation and mainstream adaptive fashion alongside Billy Price, founder of Billy’s Footwear, Derek Flores from Zappos Adaptive, Nancy Connor of Smart Adaptive Clothing and Garrison Redd from Gamut Management hosted by Runway of Dreams on August 3^rd, 2021. https://youtu.be/3MFSIsJY5KQ

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