Summary

Award winning documentary filmmaker whose works have been broadcast on PBS, Discovery and various countries around the world. Main interest: immigration, human rights, indigenous issues, women's rights, labor, etc. Fully fluent in Spanish.

Credits

9/07 – 6/11

Director (Producer) Paraiso for Sale

Film (Feature-length) — Impacto Films Details
9/07 – 6/11

Directed & produced the award-winning feature length documentary Paraiso for Sale which broadcast nationally on PBS in 2011. Duties included research, fundraising, developing stories, directing shoots, working with editor, creating marketing and distribution plans.

3/05 – 10/08

Director (Producer) Children In No Man's Land

Film (Feature-length) — Impacto Films Details
3/05 – 10/08

Directed & produced the award-winning documentary Children in No Man's land about the 100,000 unaccompanied immigrant minors who cross the US/Mexico border every year. Duties included research, fundraising, developing stories, directing shoots, working with editor, creating marketing and distribution plans.

3/08 – 6/08

Additional Segment Director Critical Condition

PBS — TV — Public Policy Productions
3/08 – 6/08
3/07 – 9/07

Executive Producer (EP) (Director ) Voces De Cambio (Pilot)

Discovery — TV — PromoFilm LA Details
3/07 – 9/07

Executive Produced, wrote and directed the first 2 episodes of the Discovery En Español documentary series Voces de Cambio featuring Carlos Santana and Edward James Olmos. Duties included research, writing, developing stories, directing shoots, working with editor, etc.

9/05 – 12/05

Transcriber/Logger The Surreal Life (Season 6)

VH1 — TV — 51 Minds Entertainment
9/05 – 12/05
7/05 – 10/05

Transcriber/Logger Flavor Of Love (Season 1)

VH1 — TV — Mindless Entertainment
7/05 – 10/05
3/05 – 6/05

Producer Maid in America

PBS — TV
3/05 – 6/05
3/00 – 10/04

Director (Producer) Maid In America

Film (Feature-length) — Impacto Films Details
3/00 – 10/04

Directed & produced the award-winning documentary Maid in America which broadcast nationally on PBS in 2005. Duties included research, fundraising, developing stories, directing shoots, working with editor, creating marketing and distribution plans.

Orgs

  • Film Fatales
  • Latinx Directors

Recos

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Education

Class of '96

Boston University

BS in Film and TV Production