In 2015, Claudia announced she was leaving the USA Today saying that she was "excited to embark on new adventures,"[23] and thanked her readers for following her work.[24] In 2015, Claudia started working as program director at various film festivals, including Napa Valley Film Festival, Mendocino Film Festival, FilmFest919 in Chapel Hill and most recently AFI Film Festival as Senior Programmer.[25][26][27][28][29][30]
Claudia was recently[when?] featured in a Los Angeles Times article as one of 14 critics making media more inclusive and in Indiewire as one of 20 Latin-Americans making a difference in independent film.[42][43]
Puig was presented in 2020 with the Excellence in Entertainment Journalism by The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)[45] and in 2017, she was the recipient of the Roger Ebert Award from the African American Critics Association.[46]
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^"Claudia Puig Joins Napa Valley Film Festival as Program Director by Dave McNary". 11 August 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^"Former USA Today Film Critic Claudia Puig Sets Sights on New North Carolina Film Festival by Kate Erbland". 5 October 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2020.