Isabel is a New York-based filmmaker whom The Museum of Modern Art--citing her "muted, serene aesthetic"--has recognized as a "rarity among the young generation of Filipino filmmakers". She has produced, written and directed three full-length features, including SEÑORITA (2011), which premiered in competition at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland and was nominated for Best Picture by the Young Critics Circle of the Philippines. SEÑORITA also won the Emerging Director Award at the 2012 Asian-American International Film Festival. Her second feature film, APPARITION (2012), a period drama about cloistered Filipino nuns during the Marcos regime, was widely acclaimed in its Philippine theatrical release. After competing at the Busan International Film Festival, it won a number of international awards, including the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NetPAC) Award at the 2012 Hawaii International Film Festival as well as the Audience Award at the 2013 Deauville Asian Film Festival in France. Apparition had a week-long theatrical run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2013 and was showcased again in a 2017 film series "A New Golden Age: Contemporary Philippine Cinema". Her third feature, LINGUA FRANCA, an immigration drama set in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, stars Eamon Farren (TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, THE WITCHER), Lev Gorn (THE AMERICANS) and Lynn Cohen (THE HUNGER GAMES, SEX AND THE CITY). It has received support from IFP, SFFILM, Frameline, the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), New York Foundation for the Arts and the Tribeca Film Institute. In March 2017, she was part of the SXSW 2017 panel "The Future is Female: Parity Now" alongside acclaimed filmmakers Bette Gordon and Nanfu Wang. Isabel has a MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business and has a background in CPG brand management.