Nicole Mejia’s short films “I Am” and “Shades of Blue” were key in granting her the 2019 Audi Fellowship for Women, a full scholarship to the American Film Institute Directing Program, which she just graduated from. Nicole creates stories about the resilience of the human spirit through drama, thriller and magical realism. She is currently in post-production for her first feature A Place in the Field that was shot safely during the pandemic. Her AFI thesis film “My Life Stopped at 15” has recently started the festival circuit and won best film at the Official Latino Festival.