A Brazilian of Korean descent, she is an activist and filmmaker. She worked as a producer of Mostra from 1984 to 1989, when she moved to New York City. She has directed short and feature-length documentaries including Synthetic Pleasures (1995, 19th Mostra), Modulations (1998, 22nd Mostra), Beneath the Borqa in Afghanistan (2002), Battle for the Xingu (2009, 33rd Mostra), Cultures of Resistance (2010, 34th Mostra), The Suffering Grasses: When Elephants Fight, It Is the Grass That Suffers (2012, 36th Mostra), K2 and the Invisible Footman (2015, 39th Mostra) and Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara (2015, 39th Mostra). She participates in the project Cultures of Resistance, an activist network that brings together artists and change makers from around the world.