Dalia Tapia

Ms. Tapia is a media specialist, for the last 4 years she has been teaching drama and media studies in the Middle East. She has over 15 years of experience producing and directing for television and film. She has been a successful independent producer for Chicago Access Network since 1999. There, Ms. Tapia was the creator of Latina Spirit/Spiritu de Latina a program that showcased the Latino life and culture in a positive manner. Tapia's first short film, Buscando a Lety/In Search of Lety, was broadcast on SiTV, a national cable station. Moreover, this same short film was screened in national and international film festivals. The success of this short project led Tapia to work on an expanded feature film, Buscando a Leti/In Search of Leti. Univision-Unicine selected Ms. Tapia's feature film to launch their DVD line. Tapia also holds a Bachelor's degree in Education which she received from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and a Masters Degree in Film and Video from Columbia College Chicago. Throughout her producing career, Tapia has managed to maintain her teaching career. She is committed to teaching underrepresented people. Her inspiration has always been her former, current and future students. Furthermore, as a creator, with every project Ms. Tapia strives to improve her skills. She challenges to rise above the previous projects, in development she has a film based on a hastily Mexican Legion, La Llorona/The Weeping Woman. Via her projects Tapia seeks to create changes.