Breaking Into The Biz is a panel series that allows current job seekers to gain insights from media professionals in the children's media industry. This panel will be a breakdown of how to tackle the current job market and hear from others and their success stories. Join Angela Silak Vargas and Cindy Kaplan from Hollywood Resume for a Q&A panel on how to craft the best resume ever! With 15 years of experience working in entertainment, Angela and Cindy will share their tips on how to pitch yourself through your application and get noticed by recruiters. Whether you're writing a resume for the first time or dusting off an older file, you won't want to miss this informative panel!

Hollywood Resumes is a resume writing and career services business dedicated to entertainment professionals. Founded by Angela Silak Vargas and Cindy Kaplan in 2016, Hollywood Resumes has provided job application preparation services, career coaching, and online learning programs to hundreds of entertainment professionals. Hollywood Resumes is the official consulting partner for Duke University's Duke in LA and Duke in NY arts, media, and entertainment programs and Boston University’s BU in LA program, and the team has led workshops for numerous organizations, including Warner Bros. Discovery, The Producers Guild of America, HRTS, NAMIC Texas, Emerson College, Brandeis University, and NYU. For more information, visit www.hollywood-resumes.com.

Angela Silak Vargas is a film and TV development executive specializing in children's media. She most recently served as a creative executive in the children's programming division at Apple TV+, overseeing development and production of premium live-action and animated preschool content, including multiple Emmy-nominated series. Previously, she spent several years as a development executive at Nickelodeon, where she managed a slate of original movies and scripted series, and she got her start in development on the unscripted side at 3 Ball Entertainment. Angela graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in History, and she also holds a Master of Communication Management degree from USC and a Master of Arts in Educational Studies from LMU.

Cindy Kaplan is a comedy writer and essayist whose work focuses on culture shifts and advocacy. Her credits include the award-winning web series ADULTING WITH JANE and shorts for Disney Jr., Yahoo! Screen, VEVO, and Electus. She has directed and produced multiple documentaries for NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change, including TWO FAITHS ONE PRAYER, for which she earned the organization’s Change-Maker Award. She also serves as a consultant for JITC Hollywood Bureau, the first organization dedicated to promoting authentic representation of Jews in entertainment, and she is an adjunct faculty member in Long Beach City College’s Radio and Television Department. Previously, Cindy spent eight years at Endeavor-owned agency Signal Entertainment Marketing, where she managed the Procter & Gamble account and executed deals with Disney, Paramount, and other production partners.