Education:
- MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1984
- BA, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 1975
Grants/Fellowships:
- Illinois Arts Council, Individual Artist Support Grant 2018-2019
- City of Chicago, DCASE Individual Artist Grant 2018
- City of Chicago, DCASE Individual Artist Grant 2016
- NEA Regional Media Fellowship, 1994
- Illinois Arts Council, Special Assistance Grant 1994 and 1986
- City of Chicago, NAP Grant 1995, 1994 and 1993
- Center for New Television, New TV Award 1994 and 1990
- City of Chicago, CAAP Grant 1994, 1988, 1986
- John Quincy Adams Travelling Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1984
Videography:
- Cuatro días para la Noche de Rábanos: 2024, co-directed, camera and edit
- La cosecha: 2024, co-directed, camera and edit
- Diarios oaxaqueños I: 2023, camera and edit
- Día de Muertos 1994 en Teotitlán del Valle: 2023, camera and edit
- Lee Godie: Chicago French Impressionist: 2021, co-produced, directed and edit
- Carlos Cortez “Soapbox” Poems: 2015/2002, camera and edit
- Carlos Cortez at La Llorona Gallery: 2002, camera and edit
- Un Retrato de Josefina: 2006/1994, camera and edit
- Maxwell Street: A Portrait of its Vendors, 1996, produced, directed and edited
- Mexico se Escribe con “M” de Muerte: 1996, camera and edit
- Humboldt Park Oral History Project: 1996, produced
- What We See: 1994, produced and directed
- Real Democracy PSA: 1992, (Spanish and English versions) produced, directed and edited
- Full Suit: 1991, produced, directed and edited
- Blu Bak I: 1991, produced, directed and edited
- Die Spuren: 1991, produced, directed and edited
- War and Peace: A Tale of Two Cities: 1991, produced, directed and edited
- Palimpsest: 1986, produced directed and edited
- First Kiss: 1986, produced directed and edited
Video/Performances:
- Consumer’s Digest, Vol. 1: 1989, co-produced, co-directed and edited
- Mothertongue: 1988, produced directed, performed and edited
- Barbaranana: 1988, produced directed, performed and edited
- Corpora Callosa: 1986, produced, directed, performed and edited
- Domestic Voyeur: 1985, produced, directed, performed and edited
- The Twins (fairy tale): 1984, performance/workshop with Linda Montano
Filmography:
- Diana and Acteon: 1984, produced, directed, camera and edit
- Slumber Party: 1984, produced, directed, camera and edit
- Mother Hula: 1983, produced, directed, camera and edit
Solo Exhibitions:
- Oaxaca Lending Library, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, 2024
- Centro Cultural Comunitario, Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca 2023
- Intuit Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, Illinois 2022
- Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, Illinois 2021
- DOCUMENTS, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, Illinois 1991
- MOTHERTONGUE, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 1986
Employment:
- Freelance video editor, Pandora Lobo Estepario Productions, Chicago, IL 2003-present
- Freelance video editor, Pandora Productions, Chicago, IL 1991-2003
- Videographer/Instructor, Chicago Children’s Museum Poetry in the Schools project, 2002-2004
- Videographer, Museums in the Park, Park Kids Project, 2001
- Film Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1994
- Freelance video editor/instructor, Center for New Television, Chicago, IL 1991-1995
- Registrar/Bursar, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1980-1991