Ihave always been a traveler. I was born in Belgium and grew up in Bogotá, Mexico City, and Chapel Hill. When my family moved to New York City, I had the unique opportunity of attending the United Nations International School while my father worked for the UN. After graduating from SUNY Stony Brook with a BA in Political Science, I moved out to the San Francisco Bay Area with the idea of becoming a lawyer, but after a two-month motorcycle trip along the Pacific Coast, I realized that film was my passion. After bei