Background
Mendonça, Maria Luisa was born on March 8, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Came to the United States, 1989. Daughter of Aramis Marengo and Suely Rocha (Ferreira) Mendonça.
Mendonça, Maria Luisa was born on March 8, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Came to the United States, 1989. Daughter of Aramis Marengo and Suely Rocha (Ferreira) Mendonça.
Student, Estacio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, 1983. Student, San Francisco State University, 1990.
Teacher assistant Estacio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, 1982-1984. Producer videos Olhar Electronico, São Paulo, Brazil, 1984-1989. Member core faculty New College California, San Francisco, since 1990.
Artist in residency The Banff Center for the Arts, Canada, 1992.
Panelist grants program department cultural affairs City of Los Angeles, 1990. Board directors Cine Acción, San Francisco, since 1991. Fellow Brazil Action Solidarity Exchange, Lilith Video Collective (producer 1985-1988), Olhar Electronico Foundation.
Member Bay Area Video Coalition (educator 1991), Film Arts Foundation (educator 1991), Alliance for Cultural Democracy.