Graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Author of two novels set in Mexico, both published by Arte Publico Press of the University of Houston. Finalist in the 2018 Academy Nicholl Screenplay Competition. Volunteer work with breast cancer patients and survivors.
LABYRINTH OF DESTINY Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical During the Mexican-American War, Lieutenant Ulysses Grant falls in love with a young Mexican woman who helps American slaves escape bondage. The war separates them, but years later they meet again when the woman is dispatched to the United States to seek an alliance to prevent the French from conquering Mexico and becoming an ally of the Confederacy.
THE BANNER Budget: $5M - $10M | Historical Though haunted by childhood memories of the brutal murder of his father for leading a slave rebellion, an American slave overcomes his fear of death to join Mexico's struggle for independence after witnessing the execution of the author of the first law against slavery on the North American continent
SOUTH WIND COME Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller A cynical teen views her father's struggle with depression as weakness. Her attitude toward him and life changes when both are saved from the wrath of a ruthless drug lord by an ancestor who teaches them the protective power and connective ability of love.
Semifinalist - Academy Nicholl
(2024)
Finalist - Page International
(2024)
Semifinalist _ Austin Film Festival
(2024)
Finalist - Academy Nicholl
(2018)
University of Texas - Austin
(1990-1994)