In 2006 MY HERO was awarded a Cultural Arts Exchange Grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs to introduce the MY HERO Web Site and media arts education skills to students, educators and artists in the Balkans, Senegal and Jordan.

Additional support and in-kind donations for this project have come from the following organizations: Wacom, American Film Institute, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California Irvine, Forest City Enterprises Inc., Laguna College of Art, Big View Pictures, Inc., and Laguna Beach High School.