I have been a performer and storyteller longer than I can remember.

The thing that amuses me now, apart from dancing, is how little training I’ve actually had. I always believed I could do it. After a ballet scholarship earned me a year of college, a lucky break took me to New York, where I appeared on national television, performed in Off-Broadway musicals, and worked as a model. Many of my childhood dreams came true. The real miracle is that, so early in life, in my twenties, I began to long for something more.

Natural childbirth and staying home to raise two sons became the next fulfilling chapter. When they went to college, I returned to the industry. I learned filmmaking by starting at the bottom of the crew list and working my way up to direct three award-winning documentaries, write two books, and write a screenplay that was produced and shown in theaters.