 She has been a featured actress in "Born in East L.A.", Deep Cover, "The Burning Season", "Clear and Present Danger", "Lightning Jack", and "I Heart Huckabees", and many others.As a filmmaker, her feature film debut, "A Single Woman", about the life of first US Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin, won the 2009 "Exceptional Merit in Media Award" from the National Women's Political Caucus.In 2013, her short Spanish-language film "Ese Beso" won the Jury Award at the Senorita Cinema Festival and the Audience Award at the Boyle Heights Latina Film Festival.