She and her late husband, David Schneiderman, started a production company, Mimbres Fever, in the 1990s. Recently retired after working in broadcast news for 28 years, Phillips is now taking on her passion of producing documentaries. With a major interest in Native art, Phillips is preparing to release her newest film, Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. She holds honors with the Smithsonian Film Festival and has won a Golden Mike Award, a regional Emmy® Award, and has received several other nominations. Mimbres Fever’s titles include Faithful to Continuance, Keeping the Spirit Alive, Baskets of the Northwest People, A Treasury of California Baskets, and Northwest Native Basketweavers.