Patricia Cardoso became the first Latina film director to be included in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry with her 2002 film, “Real Women Have Curves”. She is an award-winning director, writer, and producer. Her directorial work includes the Sundance Audience Award winning “Real Women Have Curves” (2002), the Student Academy Award winning “The Water Carrier” (1996), the NAACP nominated television movie “Lies in Plain Sight” (2010), the Web Series “Ro” (2012), the feature “El Paseo de Teresa” (2017), and an episode of “Queen Sugar” (2018-2022). Patricia is also a professor of theater, film and digital production at the University of California, Riverside.