Fabiola Beracasa Beckman is a film and television producer, philanthropist and socialite. She was born in

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. Beracasa Beckman is co-owner of The Hole Gallery, an art gallery in

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Early life and education

Beracasa Beckman was born Maria Fabiola Beracasa in

. Her father is Alfredo Beracasa, a Venezuelan banker and industrialist. Her mother, Veronica Hearst, married

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in 1987. Beracasa Beckman attended the Chateau Mont-Choisi boarding school in

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, and later attended

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

. Beracasa Beckman was creative director for Circa, a company that places fine and antique jewelry with dealers and private collectors around the world, until 2008. She is co-owner and creative director at The Hole Gallery in

Career

While attending school, Beracasa Beckman had a summer internship spanning 4 years at Chanel’s

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studio. She worked at the

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office of

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overseeing special events. Beracasa Beckman is producer of "

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," a film about an

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ian dancer who strived to reach his dream despite dance being forbidden in

. She also produces ''The Grant'', a TV show where social entrepreneurs compete for funding. Beracasa Beckman founded Planted Projects, a production company, in 2015. In addition to her work as a producer, Beracasa Beckman was a contributing editor for ''

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'', and is currently a contributing editor

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. She is a board member of the

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, and an adviser for the New York Academy of Arts. Beracasa Beckman produced the film, ''

The First Monday in May ''The First Monday in May'' is a 2016 documentary film directed by Andrew Rossi. The film follows the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibit in history: the 2015 art exhibition '' China: Through the Looking Glas ...

'', a documentary about the 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art's

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and spring exhibition, '' China: Through the Looking Glass''. The film opened the 2016

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Philanthropy

Beracasa Beckman is an Education Ambassador for More Than Me, an all-girls school in

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which supports vulnerable and at risk children. She is a member of Friends of Finn, an organization which spreads awareness about

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s. Snap-X, which stands for spay, neuter, adopt, and protect, is a

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Foundation charity which Beracasa Beckman operates and founded.

Personal life

Beracasa Beckman lives in

with her husband Jason Beckman, the founder of Colbeck Capital Management whom she married in June 2014, and their two sons, Julien Alfredo and Felix Sidney, and daughter Paloma.

References

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