I am the supervising producer & co-writer of Fruit of the Tree.

I co-produced our award-winning feature Gettin’ Grown, recruiting & managing more than 50 volunteers in the art dept., craft services, & cast, & serving as creative consultant to the writer/director.

I helped produce, write, culturally adapt, direct & edit 28 live-action & voice-over parent education videos in English & Spanish, in distribution world-wide.

I’ve been an adult educator for 39 years & a social activist all my life. My focus has been the rights of women, children, minorities & the poor, & ensuring access to community resources for marginalized groups. I founded & administered a number of community organizations, among them a women’s health center, a farm worker self-help organization, & a training center for Spanish-speaking early childhood educators.

I am the supervising producer & co-writer of Fruit of the Tree.

I co-produced our award-winning feature Gettin’ Grown, recruiting & managing more than 50 volunteers in the art dept., craft services, & cast, & serving as creative consultant to the writer/director.

I helped produce, write, culturally adapt, direct & edit 28 live-action & voice-over parent education videos in English & Spanish, in distribution world-wide.

I’ve been an adult educator for 39 years & a social activist all my life. My focus has been the rights of women, children, minorities & the poor, & ensuring access to community resources for marginalized groups. I founded & administered a number of community organizations, among them a women’s health center, a farm worker self-help organization, & a training center for Spanish-speaking early childhood educators.

My film-making goal is to address important social issues in nuanced & intriguing ways that enlighten as they entertain. I also seek to provide opportunities for creative work & growth for under-represented & emerging talent in my community.

Some of my most gratifying work has been as a mother, step-mother, & foster mother. I speak 4 languages & have worked in several countries. I now dedicate myself to filmmaking full time.

Filmography

Fruit of the Tree (2007) [development] Co-Writer / Supervising Producer
Selected for Tribeca Film Festival’s All Access Program 2007

Nurturing Touch Video Series [Spanish Language Version] (2006)
Co-Writer / Translator
20 Instructional videos

Gettin’ Grown (2004) Producer Writer: Educator’s Guide Narrative Feature

Nurturing Parenting Video Series (1997)
Co-Writer
4 Live Action Instructional Videos

Spare the rod, spoil the child: Providing discipline to children without spanking (1996)
Co-Writer
Live Action Instruct’l Video

I’m doing this for your own good [Lo hago por su bien] (1996)
Producer/Writer/Director
2 Live Action Instruct’l Videos (English & Spanish)

Golpes y gritos: Cómo evitarlos. [Spanking: What to do instead](1994) Producer/Translator/Director Spanish Cast/Co-Editor

Education

• Doctorate in Education
• Master of Social Work in Community Organizing/Administration * BA in Portuguese