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Bio
Sage Hernandez, born in San Antonio Texas, is a two year student of SAY Sí and a rising undergraduate student at Texas State University. Sage spent their first year at SAY Sí in the ALAS program, as an actor and later a writer. For their first year they wrote “Product Placement” in the annual SAY Sí Night Live production. The following year, Sage wrote three additional scripts for the same production, including the skits, “House of Michael Myers”, “Dia De Los Muertos”, and “Incorrect Movie Quotes”. The following year in 2020, Sage transferred over to the MAS program to pursue a new interest in filmmaking and screenplay writing. They now hope to one day open their own production studio.
Artist Statement
Autism is something that is currently coming in and out of the public eye for some of the worst reasons. Whether it be the fetishization of the “super genius” stereotype often popularized in mainstream sitcoms, or the nasty assertion that Autism is something akin to the horrors of cancer; neither of which should be the first thing you think of when the subject of Autism comes up. I wanted to use my film to open people's minds to what is a more true depiction of an Autistic person's life: someone who certainly struggles, with auditory and visual overload, but someone who is also more capable of mending their own struggles than what so many allistic people (people without Autism) have been led to believe. I strive to educate people of the cold stone fact that Autistic people are entirely capable of taking care of ourselves, making our own decisions, and leading the same happy life that anyone would like to achieve.
