I write screenplays, articles, film reviews and more.  I'm also a community activist focused on immigration and citizenship issues.  I practiced law for many years, taught in a prison in Maryland, and worked as a volunteer for prison reform in New Mexico.  I also worked in the labor law field in the early years of my legal career. I speak passable Spanish and  in Maryland I am teaching people (volunteering) in Spanish and English so they can take their citizenship tests with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.  In November 2023 I, my partner, my granddaughter and her partner bicycled from San Diego to Los Angeles to raise funds for the LA LGBT Center. In 2016  I rode my bicycle from Albuquerque to Baltimore -  apx. 1400 miles on the bike  -  to raise funds for specific job seekers (former offenders). Social justice and fairness have been my guides throughout my life. I have written close to a dozen screenplays in the past 10 years.  Also, in the 90s-early 00s I produced video shorts, which  screened at multiple film festivals on the East Coast. My most recent screenplays have received acclaim. In May 2025, "Migrants" received a GRAND REMI PRIZE for "Best Script."  In 2024, "Migrants" was recognized as a Top Ten in Table Read My Screenplay - Genre competition.  Also in 2024 it was a Gold Winner in the Hispanic International Film Festival and an Official Selection in the Austin Under the Stars Film Festival as well as the Berlin International Film Festival. Also in 2025, "Hostile View" received a Gold Remi Award,  and Quarter-Finalist recognition in Table Read My Screenplay Cannes. In 2023, "Amigas" was a semi-finalist in the LA Film Festival Diversity Initiative )-- a Silver Award Winner in the Women International Film Festival (WNPR.tv) --a quarter finalist in Table Read Your Screenplay Spring 2023 competition and a quarter finalist in the Creative Screenwriting Feature Screenplay Competition. In May 2023, "Amigas" was Selected for the LA Latino Film Festival - with a Best Scene selected and presented as a Live Read ( Selected - Best Scene - with Live Read  https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/amigas-screenplay. "Amigas" also was selected (March 2023) for the Second Round of ISA's Fast Track Fellowship. The Austin Film Festival also advanced "Amigas" to the Second Round. "Mother Jones" won several accolades in 2022, including Award Winner in the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival and the Crown International Film Festival.  It was also "Selected" by the Workers Unite Film Festival (runner-up) and the Whistleblower Summit & Film Festival.   Another feature screenplay "Homestead" -  based-on-a-true-story of a steelworkers strike in which two ethnic groups come together to challenge the wealthy owners - resonates today as our 1% gets wealthier and poverty increases. This screenplay  received 2nd place Feature Screenplay and Best Period Screenplay awards in 2 recent fests and had a Live Read at the RealHeArt Festival in Toronto (2014).   In 2019 "Homestead" was awarded First Place in the Workers Unite Film Festival.