She studied journalism and documentary filmmaking at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba. She has worked for Al Jazeera and Tele Sur. She is currently director of documentary video at El Faro, a digital newspaper in El Salvador. She has produced and directed documentaries in El Salvador, Nicaragua, México, Venezuela and Cuba, amongst them Xochiquetzal: la casa de las flores bellas and María en tierra de nadie, a feature film that won awards in México and other countries. Her most recent works include El espejo roto and Las Aradas, masacre en seis actos.