Born in 1972, she is a Mexican-El Salvadoran filmmaker graduated from the CCC Film Training Center, in Mexico, and has a Master`s degree in creative documentary from the Pompeu Fabra University, in Barcelona. She made the documentary features "The Tiniest Place" (2011), awarded at film festivals like Lima, Mar del Plata and Visions du Réel, and "Tempestad" (2016), presented at the Berlinale. "Prayers for the Stolen" is her first fictional feature.