 She wrote, produced, directed and acted in her first feature film "Mango Tango" (2009), which won her "Best Director" at the Detroit Independent Film Festival in 2010. and was screened at the "Celebrate Tango Festival" in New York City 2010.She was nominated in 2010 for the Young Generation Award at the Fünf Seen Film Festival in Munich.Hettinger married Olympic figure skater and world champion Norbert Schramm in 2011 and divorced him in 2012 citing irreconcilable differences.