In addition to being an award-winning filmmaker and highly regarded teacher, Bienvenida MatÌas was the Executive Director of the Center for Arts Criticism in Minneapolis, and she is a founder and former National Coordinator for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP). She has been the Director of Production for ITVS, as well as the Executive-in-Charge of Production at WNYC-TV. She is now the Director of AIVF.