She is a 2011 Sundance Screenwriting and Directing Lab Fellow with her first feature script La Raya, to be produced by Canana Films in 2014. El Reloj, Yolanda’s second fiction short film, launched by Petate Productions and Latino Public Broadcasting, premiered at the Morelia International Film Festival in 2013. Currently, Cruz is developing “Migrant Heroes”, an online series of mini-documentaries about migrant heroes in the U.S., set to go live in 2015. Cruz holds an MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.