in 1985, she began work at the museum of television & radio where she became a curator specializing in arts, drama and children's programming. in 1991, a grant from the national endowment for the humanities launched her on a career as a producer and director of the award-winning documentaries "the power of conscience: the danish resistance and rescue of the jews" (1995); "scandalize my name: stories from the blacklist" (1999); "porraimos: europe's gypsies in the holocaust" (2002); "the healing gardens of new york" (2006); "hidden treasures: stories from a great museum" (2011). her films have been seen at the united states holocaust memorial museum (washington, dc), museum of modern art (ny), and numerous film festivals including the human rights watch and margaret mead film festivals, and all have aired on pbs.