Trivia

Named Los Angeles County Woman of the Year in 2015 by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and the Commission for Women.

She's the former Executive Director of the Yale in Hollywood Festival of Film.

Women's eNews named her one of the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century in 2012.

She won the Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus in 2009 for her directorial debut feature film A Single Woman (2008) about the first U.S. Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin.

Co-host (with Joel Marshall) of Fat Free Film, an Independent Film Podcast available on iTunes.

She won the 2011 Woman of Courage Award (along with Senate Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Nobel Peace Prize nominee 'Rubina Feroze Bhatti') from the National Women's Political Caucus given to women from diverse backgrounds who have demonstrated courage by taking a stand to further civil rights and equality, and who exemplify women's leadership.

She is an official blogger for the Huffington Post.

She's the National Program Director of GlobalGirl Media, a non-profit initiative empowering high-school-age girls from underserved communities through media, leadership and journalistic training.