Karla is an Emmy-nominated producer who has been working on news documentaries for over 15 years. She began her career working for the veteran journalist Bill Moyers and has been a producer, shooter, and correspondent for several news programs on PBS. Her award-winning work was described in the Columbia Journalism Review as “compelling, informative, and compassionate.” Her directorial debut, the feature documentary The Place That Makes Us screened at numerous film festivals and had its national broadcast premiere on America ReFramed. She is now working on her next feature documentary film called The Gas Station Attendant, a co-production with ITVS for public television, and a short independent film called Love, Jamie about a transgender artist incarcerated in Texas. Karla is of Filipino and South Asian descent. She grew up in Texas studying classical piano and graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Religion and Computer Science.

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ABOUT The Gas Station Attendant

A daughter explores the immigrant experience in America and the human capacity to love, dream, and survive through the story of her South Asian father, who worked as a gas station attendant.

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FILM

The Gas Station Attendant

PROGRAM AFFILIATION

PBS/Firelight William Greaves Production Fund

COHORT YEAR

2022