Natalie Villa has been creating and assisting with the production of short and feature narrative and documentary films since 2008. In 2009, she was awarded with an all-expenses paid trip to Ethiopia to work with the Cunningham Foundation, after she created and produced a short public service announcement about donating to help with literacy efforts in Africa. Most recently, Villa produced and filmed WESTAF’s National Endowment for the Arts 50th Anniversary and completed her short film, Sins of the Father. Villa was recently awarded Best Amateur Film and Audience Choice at the Ridgway Moonwalk Film Festival for her short film, With the Power of a Thousand Suns. Villa earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in film and television from the University of Colorado at Denver.