Born in Argentina in the midst of the Dirty War, Ivana moved to New York City in 1998 with her father, to pursue a career in film production. After graduating with honors from the film program at Hunter College in 2004, she assisted the producers of the legendary Chicago filmmakers communal Kartemquin Films in several award winning documentaries (MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA, MILKING THE RHINO, GOLUB: LATE WORKS ARE THE CATASTROPHES and IN THE FAMILY, among others), assisted the producers of Engel Entertainment in several broadcast films for Discovery Channel and National Geographic and subsequently worked as an associate producer at Pacific Street Films in socially and culturally relevant documentaries such as IN DEBT WE TRUST and BEYOND WISE GUYS. Ivana lives and works in New York City, where she freelances in the commercial and documentary industries.