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"La Reina" Rhina Valentin is a jack-of-all-trades in the arts and entertainment industry. Her positions as an artist include working as a Producer, Director, Performance Artist, Emcee, Comedic Actress, Dancer, Writer, and an Arts Educator. She is a 2007 BRIO award recipient for best actress. 2006 UAI recipient in performance arts and 2005 Hola Award Recipient for Outstanding Female Performer in a Featured Role. Village Voice crowned her “DIVA” in 2000 and Siempre Newspaper proudly granted her the title “La Diva de el Barrio”. Her most recognizable written works have been featured in the 2007 Latina Poets Festival at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre and Latinas Don’t PMS at The World Famous Apollo in 2006. As an Actor Rhina is recognized for her role as Reina in HBO's "Betty La Flaca". Since 2006, Ms Valentin has been the Host of talkshow "Open" which airs Live every Friday on Bronxnet Channel 67. Ma. Valentin most recently has accomplished legitimizing her Production company La Reina Del Barrio, LLC. She has produced and created: Diva Attack! (March 2001), Mirrors (March 2002) co-written with Sandra Rodriguez and Metrogroove (March 2003) later presented by The Point (June 2004). She has also had much success with her original piece OHMen co-choreographed by Awilda Sterling-Duprey, accompanied by the celebrated Dominican/Haitian Band Palo Monte. It opened in 2004 at the Baad! Ass Women Festival was later presented at Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture (March 2005) and was televised by award winning local cable show Bronxlive (August 2005). Her own written works have been presented in Latina’s Don’t PMS, which opened at Café Remy’s (March –April 2005),and was presented March 2006 at The World Famous Apollo. Ms. Valentin dedicated alot of energy to the development of La Reina’s Barriolesque, which initialy began as an open mic in 2004 at Carlito’s Café and materialized into a residency at the Nuyorican Poet’s Café with monthly performances every last Wednesday of the month, for an entire year. It was also presented at The Viva Bronx! Festival in October 2005. She is also one of the founders, producer and director of The Nuyorican Universal Theatre Society (NUTS) and mounted "Our Times"(March 2007) with a successful presentation at Hostos Repertory Theatre. Off-stage she's been featured in a Bally’s commercial airing internationally and a 1-800-Flowers airing nationally. Her pride and joy is that of being a Theatre Arts Director/Producer/Instructor of 5th-8th graders at CIS 166 for the Children’s Aid Society, since 2005.May The Universe provide Peace, Prosperity and LOVE!www.rhinavalentin.com