 Since its founding, the director says that the surrounding neighborhood has quieted, as youths learn skills that allow them to earn money with honest work.The project has received awards such as the Coming Up Taller Award in 2002 from the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities in the United States.Faro celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2010 with the slogan of “Ten years of cultural insurrection.”

In 2011, FARO participated in the Festival Iberoamericano de Cultura Musical Vive Latino at the Foro Sol, sending five trailers which were joined to create an art gallery on the site.